6th Quasi-Annual BDML backpacking

8Aug09 MarkCutkosky Thinking about a short escape from Stanford before classes start... I don't think I got to the Sierras last summer, but for summer 2009 I see the following windows of opportunity:

• August 21-24 (3 nights)
  • Possible participants: SanthiElayaperumal, MihyeShin, DanAukes, MarkCutkosky
• September 16-21 (pick any 4 days, 3 nights) Sept 21 = 1st day fall quarter; Sept 15 = ICRA deadline
  • Possible participants: SeokchangRyu, AaronParness, DanAukes(2nd choice), SanthiElayaperumal (+ maybe friend)

For list of who has what & other logistics see Logistics below.

Where? 16 August: Leaning toward this first option in interests of time: One good short trip would be Emigrant Wilderness, coming out of the Gianelli's Cabin trailhead near Dodge Ridge. This is a considerably shorter drive than the Crown Lake trip below. Terrain is nice glaciated granite with lots of small lakes. Here's a typical trip Some good pictures here more good pictures here of some of the less-known lakes Driving directions Final part is slightly different than some other posted directions. I guess take whichever road looks in best shape. I have a book and map of the region which we could use to decide which lakes to visit (there are many). A second option would be go to go somewhere out of Toulumne Meadows in northern Yosemite (slightly longer drive 5 hours, more peaks to look at or possibly climb as a day trip). This would also be higher (and therefore colder if we have a cold spell -- remember what happened in 2004 : Good website of trails to lakes off Tioga Pass road Ragged Peak, Mt. Conness and Young Lakes look cool... Looks like J Karpick thought of the Dog Lake --> Young Lakes idea in an earlier year Might be busy in August... Maybe better in Sept. (if not cold). A third option, especially in Sept. if Toulumne Meadows looks too chilly or crowded is the Trinity Alps Again, about 5 hours from Stanford some nice trip ideas from Stanford 2003

Youngs Lake and Ragged Peak

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#LogisticStuff

Logistics:

Transportation

• Mark: Have car, could drive
• Santhi: Have car, could drive

Food

• Couscous -- hard to beat for combination of fast cooking, light weight, high food value
• gorp (necessary!)
• need large water bottles (have filter, so don't need to care a lot)
• cheese
• Wasa bread

Things to Bring

• Mark has:
  • two stoves (one very compact, one not so much)
  • four person tent (A bit heavy)
  • two person tent (small)
  • water filter
  • 4-5 sleeping pads
  • cookware -- enough for the whole group probably
  • compass, knife, rope, tarp, sunscreen...
• Santhi has:
  • one sleeping bag (and an air mattress, but probably not useful)

• Equipment Rentals:
  • • Redwood Club on campus (August 20, 2009: Dan & Santhi going there to pick up some stuff).
    • http://www.rei.com/stores/rentals.html#california - Fremont or Saratoga
    • http://www.anymountain.net/topNav/rental/rentals.html - Redwood City Store closed for the summer!
    • http://www.outbackadventures.com/rentals/camping.htm - San Jose

• Gear Lists
  • • Moderate Temps: http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/equipment/bpmod.html
    • Cold Temps: http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/equipment/bpcold.html
    • http://www.nps.gov/yose/wilderness/tenessentials.htm
    • http://www.rei.com/rei/learn/noDetail.jsp?URL=/rei/learn/camp/hkovrbkf.jsp#ORIG

Permits

• Yosemite requires permits - probably get one in the park, but there are some trailheads which are already booked (although 40% of quota is available day-prior and day-of trip): http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildpermits.htm
• Emigrant Wilderness requires a permit - can get on the way in at Pinecrest (?) or Sonora ranger station. Bears apparently less of a problem than in Yosemite so tying food up with rope probably OK.

Older stuff

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5th annual (with more interruptions) BDML end-of-summer escape

After the debaucle of the 2004 Yosemite trip (heavy wet snow, headed home a day early..) there was a hiaitus of a couple of years. Happy to say the 2007 trip to Crown Lake went much better.

Beautiful sights and just brief rainstorm.

• Photos: http://bdml.stanford.edu/BDML/CrownLake/CrownLakeSept07.html

Although there was hardly any snow in Sept. of a year with a dry winter there was plenty of water (compare with the Crown Lake link above, taken in June). And no mosquitos!

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4th annual (with a couple of interruptions) CDR Robotics end-of-summer escape

When to go:

• Tentatively settling on the weekend of 18th. Sean Bailey has just reminded Mark that his camp stove & etc. are still in Sean's office
• Book of hikes & camping options in central Sierras has been left in the lab for people to browse.

• MarkCutkosky - weekends of either Sept. 11 or 18 (like, leave on a Friday & return Monday?) -- am flexible.
• JonathanKarpick - OK.
• Rohit Girotra - Both weekends look OK.
• MiguelPiedrahita? - The weekend of the 18th will work for me, not the 11th
• AlanAsbeck - 18th is good. My sister suggests "North Dome" in Yosemite starting from Porcupine Flat, since it gives you good views of the valley and is pretty flat.
• SangbaeKim?
• DanielSantos?

• AMcClung? - Nope
• KarlinBark - Not OK. Will be out of town
• WillP? - Not OK. Will be out of town on the 11th and be too close to when Pam's due the following weekend(18th).
• YongLaePark - Not OK. Will be out of town
• MotohideHatanaka? - I am no longer available for either of the weekends. Expecting visitors.

Where to go:

• Proposed Young Lakes Trip: yosemite-younglake.pdf
• Alternate in Bridalveil Camp / Ostrander Lake yosemite-bridalveil-trip.pdf I've posted some other options below - just heard about some fires (and deaths) in Toulumne River Canyon ( http://www.nbc11.com/news/3725349/detail.html ), and trailheads to Cathedral Lakes and Vogelsang appear crowded. Possibly Badger Pass / Bridalveil area: yosemite_badger_pass.pdf?
• Yosemite Park Map: Yosemite.pdf
• Couple of earlier options:
  • Bridalveil Camp - 35 mile
  • Bridalveil Camp - 27 mile
  • North Dome from Valley - 20 mile
  • Yosemite - Cathedral Lakes 24 mile
  • Yosemite - Vogelsang 32 mile
• Lost Coast
  • http://www-db.stanford.edu/~crespo/lostcoast/
  • lostcoast.pdf
• Lassen
  • lassen_cinder_cone.pdf
  • lassen_lassen_peak.pdf
• Toulumne Meadows? Heading north or south?
  • north yosemite example
  • yosemite_tuolumne.pdf
• Other Yosemite
  • yosemite_badger_pass.pdf
  • yosemite_bridalveil.pdf
  • yosemite_hetch_hetchy.pdf
• Emigrant wilderness ?
• Hoover wilderness?
• This guy has pages on many places http://kevingong.com/Hiking/OtherSierraHikes.html