White Mountain Summit

Looking back at the research lab

The alarm went off at 4 am. That’s what it needed to be so I could make the drive from Bishop and be at the White Mountain Summit trailhead when the gate opened at 6:30 am. After our experience a couple of days ago on our hike to Sam […]

Attacking Sam Mack Meadow

Beautiful high country back there

Today our hiking led us up the north fork of Big Pine Creek to Sam Mack Meadow. On the edge of the meadow is a geocache with a particular difficulty and terrain rating that I need for a geocaching challenge I am working on. It’s not a particularly easy hike, […]

Off to Bishop for some hiking

This little gold-mining locomotive has seen better days

Because the UC Barcroft Lab near White Mountain is opening the gate on Sunday (shortening the hike to the summit by 4 miles round-trip), we decided to brave the holiday crowds and traffic and spend the weekend in Bishop.

Instead of following our normal route on […]