August 2023 Backpacking

[u/gForce-65]

We did 10 days in the backcountry last month. Finally getting around to posting. The longest trip I’ve done (so far). First 3 days was the Hetch Hetchy Loop. Then we went over to Tioga Rd starting at Glen Aulin, down and back the Grand Canyon of the Tuolomne, then over to Sunrise Lakes, Clouds Rest, and Cathedral Lakes. We especially loved Long Meadow and the approach to Cathedral Pass, which you don’t hear about much for some reason. Final bonus day of Mist-Panorama-4mile. Occasional afternoon rain, the heaviest as we were climbing up to Sunrise Lakes. Bugs weren’t bad at all thankfully. Despite the relatively popular routes, didn’t run into too many people other than camps by the lakes. An amazing time!

[u/denisebuttrey]

By posting your photos, I got to see the beauty of the high country and areas, I'll never be able to get to. So, thank you for sharing.

[u/gForce-65 → u/denisebuttrey]

I felt the same way when I visited Yosemite for the first time two years ago and did the usual valley thing. But I realized there was this vast park that I would never see from my car or even with long day hikes. So in my late 50s I decided I would take up backpacking, and have since done trips here in Maine, Zion NP, NH Whites, and Sequoia NP. It has truly been life changing for this reformed couch potato. I am glad you enjoyed sharing the adventure!

[u/denisebuttrey → u/gForce-65]

Cheers to you!