During my family’s Pinecrest California vacation this year, not wanting to hang out at the lake again I decided to hike to the top of Pinecrest Peak. The trail to the top is actually a continuance of the Catfish Lake Trail that starts on the shore of Pinecrest Lake. This trail has for some reason …
High Adventure! Kennedy Lake and Meadows via Leavitt Lake July 28th 2009 What is it that gives us the sense of High Adventure? For me I think it is the thrill of the unknown. What’s around the next corner? How am I going to get home? How far is it? Where will I sleep tonight? …
A short but rewarding hike from Pinecrest Lake in the Stanislaus National Forest. If you notice the haze in some of the pictures, it was from a forest fire in the area. The smoke from this fire plagued our whole trip.
Between 15 and 17 miles (depending on who you ask and a little over a mile of elevation gain This was a very fun trip and I hope to do it again next year. As a member of the Peninsula Wilderness club for almost a year now, I still had not gone on any outings …
Got a late start and hit what I thought was the Maynard Burn Trail but turns out I was on the newer Tyler Peak Trail. I got to the ridge and some Marines that were camped on the ridge (who also boasted several times about their 80 pound packs full of beer) told me I …