Monthly ArchiveDecember 2007
Hiking & National Parks 22 Dec 2007 10:28 pm
Yosemite
Over the Christmas holiday weekend, we headed to Yosemite National Park. With Tioga Pass closed for the winter, it’s a long drive over Donner Pass (I-80) and then south in California. We left Reno at 9 a.m., made a few stops along the away, and checked in the the Yosemite Lodge around 4 p.m. We took a walk in the twilight along Yosemite Creek, in time for a gorgeous sunset lighting on Half Dome (above). The main activities were a hike partway up the Yosemite Falls Trail on Sunday and a snowshoe hike into the Mariposa Grove of Sequoia trees on Monday. Yosemite is a wonderful place.
Tahoe Rim Trail 16 Dec 2007 12:40 am
Tahoe Meadows Snowshoe
First snowshoe hike of the season, to Tahoe Meadows with Michael. There was finally a weekend since the very late arrival of snow that wasn’t horrible weather. It was a bit cold in the wind, but fine in the woods. See the pictures of some aggressive juncos.
Statistics:
2.57 mi (1.07 mi uphill, 0.94 mi downhill, 0.54 mi flat)
325 ft total ascent – 11.1 % uphill grade, 61.4 % downhill grade
1:50:14 total time (1:40:35 moving, 0:09:39 stopped)
0:39:09 pace (1.5 mph average speed, 5.2 mph max speed)
3.321 difficulty, 5.701 effort