Enter Mammoth Lakes.
Raced in this town decades ago. I do not recognize any of it today.
May 31st – Duck Lake
Month: May 2021
May 30th – Mono Creek
Silver Pass
May 29th – San Joaquin River’s South Fork
Selden Pass
May 28th – Big Pete Meadow
Approach to Muir Pass.
Banged left knee cap good today.
May 27th – South Fork Kings River
Ford to start the day. Hopefully shoes will dry quickly.
Mather Pass
Final approach to Mather Pass.
May 26th – Lower Rae Lake
Pinchot Pass
May 25th – Independence
Mt. Williamson Motel is where I stayed. Owned and run by hikers. Lady whom checked me in is also a Chaplin. Her husband is the morning cook. Eggs, bacon, English muffins, orange juice, coffee all come with the stay. They also provide transportation to an from the trail head sixteen miles away.
It was the best off trail experience so far.
Weighted my pack this morning at 37.6 lbs.
Glen Pass
Coming down the north side of Glen Pass. Lots of melting snow in the afternoon sun.
May 24th – Kearsarge Pass
Leaving the trail for resupply.
My driver to town.
May 23rd – Tyndall Creek
May 22nd – Whitney Creek
Cold morning. Guessing 20°.once in camp for the afternoon it snowed again but warmer and wet. Tomorrow morning Forester Pass. Highest point in the trail, 13120’.
