On the morning of 8/10, I spoke with a guy who was honoring his 50th birthday by finishing a month long backpacking trip, exiting via Piute Pass. He wrote a trip report on the HighSierraTopix website. The only other people I saw all day besides Sierra Challenge participants were you and your group as you prepared to pick your campsite at Desolation Lake. Some days I ran into nobody besides SC participants. Funny to see your report here! Well done! Here's a link to mine from that day: https://goo.gl/photos/mykueKNm5qWDnCpw6
We sure did. I think you told us that there wasn't any decent site further up the lake shore for camping. You made great time to do that all in one day; we took a leisurely three. Great pictures on your post by the way -- including diving into Desolation Lake. That's a great beach on the lake's north side but a bit chilly. Only one in our party of four chose to take a full swim.
I was out there two days after you for a hike to Pilot Knob and Four Gables. That beach at Desolation Lake is awesome! I tried to go for a swim too, but I made it to about mid-thigh before chickening out and getting dressed again. Freezing! Nice report on a great area.
colinr - Sep 8, 2016 11:31 pm - Voted 10/10
We met out there!On the morning of 8/10, I spoke with a guy who was honoring his 50th birthday by finishing a month long backpacking trip, exiting via Piute Pass. He wrote a trip report on the HighSierraTopix website. The only other people I saw all day besides Sierra Challenge participants were you and your group as you prepared to pick your campsite at Desolation Lake. Some days I ran into nobody besides SC participants. Funny to see your report here! Well done! Here's a link to mine from that day: https://goo.gl/photos/mykueKNm5qWDnCpw6
Ambret - Sep 9, 2016 8:48 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: We met out there!We sure did. I think you told us that there wasn't any decent site further up the lake shore for camping. You made great time to do that all in one day; we took a leisurely three. Great pictures on your post by the way -- including diving into Desolation Lake. That's a great beach on the lake's north side but a bit chilly. Only one in our party of four chose to take a full swim.
cab - Sep 12, 2016 6:09 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice ReportI was out there two days after you for a hike to Pilot Knob and Four Gables. That beach at Desolation Lake is awesome! I tried to go for a swim too, but I made it to about mid-thigh before chickening out and getting dressed again. Freezing! Nice report on a great area.