Duck Pass trail

After coffee and bearclaw at Paul Schaat’s bakery, we drove up to the Duck Pass trailhead at Lake Mary. We both felt a bit better (more energy) today, so the climb up to Arrowhead Lake and Skelton Lake was not bad. We shared the trail with a large group of high school trail runners—a cross-country […]

Rock Creek

It’s hard to beat the beauty of a day hike along Rock Creek with a number of lakes along the way and a backdrop of rocky peaks and snow fields. Starting from the Mosquito Flats trailhead (10,300 ft elevation) at the end of Rock Creek Road (turn off from highway 395 at Tom’s Place), the […]

Off for a few days in the eastern Sierras

Hooray! We’re off to Mammoth Lakes for just a few days of day hiking in the eastern Sierra.

On the way up to Tioga Pass we encountered three different road construction traffic controls which made the trip seem very long. Karen napped, or at least had her eyes closed, for about half the trip. […]