Hiking Mt. Whitney – Going Down
We left the summit at 1:50. We got dark clouds, thunder, and hail at the top. It did encourage us […]
Hiking Mt. Whitney – Up, Up, Up
96 (or 97, or 107, or whatever) Switchbacks This really was the start of the tough part of the hike.
Hiking Mt. Whitney – start
I had been concerned about the heat (Lone Pine was predicted to be 98 degrees today). Turns out I shouldn’t
To the hike
Saturday (July 7) Read this on the Inyo web site (http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/conditions/). US 395 is where I will be driving. I
Final Training Hike
Hike #7 – Lower Enchantment Lake (Lake Viviane) For the final training hike, I decided to hike to the Lower
Mt. Whitney Training Hikes
Hike #0: April 22 – Tiger Mountain Mom and I spent the afternoon on Tiger Mountain. We hiked up to
West Coast Planned Itinerary
September 14 – October 11 Day Date From To Mileage Pre-Ride Notes 1 Sun 9/14/08 Fort Stevens State Park Tillamook
Day 6: Eureka to Kalispell (68 miles)
Last day — nice ride Eureka to Whitefish, terrible ride Whitefish to Kalispell (we were on highway 93 — I
Day 5: Crowsnest Pass to Eureka (92 miles)
92 miles! All downhill or flat with a tailwind! My kind of day. We didn’t realize how much we had
Day 4: Waterton to Crowsnest Pass (64 miles)
We started out with a tailwind going through more prairies with mountains in the distance. Slowly, the road turned around,