New Army Pass

Was still snowed in as of June 27th! Dave and I had planned to hike to the top of New Army Pass. But after hearing reports of the last switchback being snowed in, Dave decided to stay at High Lake while I continued up. As I got almost to the top, I realized I just wasn't getting passed that snow. Everyone was climbing up rocks to get to the top. Now some people had to get over...since they were backpacking...but I was just out for a nice day hike, so I decided I didn't need to be that adventurous and turned around. The total hike for the day (according to my GPS) was 14.66 miles. Not bad. We will be backpacking in 2 weeks. I so can't wait to campout in the middle of nowhere!!! Dave did great with this hike, averaging over 2 miles an hour.

I really love the sierras...they are just so amazing. Now this is the part where I would normally share some photos since I hike with my XT...but guess what...I left all my memory cards sitting on the computer desk! So I have absolutely no photos. I was quite bummed. But there will be more hikes later in the year.

The campground was interesting...lots of mosquitos at around 6pm - 8pm..and we forgot the bug spray. We camped at 10,000 feet...so it was quite cold at night. We lived by the campfire once teh sun started to go down.