Snow

This Pie-Eating Contest is Hereby Complete

This Pie-Eating Contest is Hereby Complete

(If backpacking is to thru-hiking as eating a bite of delicious pie is to entering a pie-eating contest)

Baby It's Cold Outside

Baby It's Cold Outside

Beautiful Rae Lakes, stunning alpine lake-filled basins, the Glen Pass knife-edge, a definite change in season with more snow, Kearsarge is gorgeous, a trail angel family

 

Into the Heart of the Sierra Nevada

The weather gradually improves, classic Sierra terrain, so much generosity, & SOBO updates

Rainbow-Hued Mountains

Rainbow-Hued Mountains

Jaw-dropping scenery, smoke from another fire, and our first winter weather on the stunning section between Echo Lake and Sonora Pass