Fifth Day
Cappuccino and I rolled out of our hammocks about 6:30 and we’re on the trail by 6:50. We had decided to beeline for the car and have a little breakfast when we got there....
Category: Shorter Hikes
Fourth Day
It rained last night starting after midnight and continuing into the morning. We ate our breakfast under our umbrellas and watched the fog drift across the lake. The temperature was 48 degrees. We packed...
Third Day
Today was as delightful as yesterday was hard. What a difference a day makes. We had planned to hike east up to a place called Horse Lake about a thousand feet higher, but after...
Second Day
Cappuccino and I were up at 5:45 with the sun. My thermometer read 49 degrees and the sky was clear. We retrieved our food sacks from where they were secured against bears and fixed...
First Day
Nancy, Cappuccino, and I had breakfast at Starbucks then we left Nancy at home and started up to the Three Sisters Wilderness Trailhead. Two hours later I was able to coax the Prius down...
Three Sisters Wilderness
Originally named Faith, Hope, and Charity by early settlers, the cluster of three 10,000+ foot peaks are known as the Three Sisters. Unfortunately, modern nomenclature is very utilitarian and these days they go by...
2 responses to “Three Sisters Wilderness”
That sounds like some excellent research for no snow and limited fire threat. One June Hannah and I had planned to hike around Jenny Lake and into the mountains of the Grand Tetons National Park. Once we learned that there was still three feet of snow on the trails, we made a strong left to Missoula, Montana. Travel well amigo.
Hey Dan, Yeah, it’s hard to imagine feet of snow just 60 miles from here when the local temperature is soaring. Sounds like you and Hannah made the right choice that June.