Follow Ellen and Sally on the South to North Lake Hike

[Hikin_Jim]

Nice write (as usual), Sally. I'm envious! Love that area. Sigh.

What stoves were you guys using? Jetboils, both?

HJ

[HH8]

We crossed the creek and were soon trodding down the Golden Staircase.

Why is it called that? Is it the bit down to the junction with the San Joaquin river?

After turning right at the junction of Goddard Canyon

You lost me.

We headed up Piute Canyon with West Pinnacles Creek as our intended destination, as it was the first water source along the way.

OK, Now I got cha.

Ellen went into “slow twitch” mode.

Ho ho! This bears more description

we had a nice view of the snow fields along the Glacier Divide.

It looks like some dramatic ridges to the Matthes glaciers also.
Sounds like you non-fishers blew right past sacred Golden Trout Lake without blinking.

Piute Pass, ...was pretty anticlimactic. There was a lot of mule and horse dung, so we renamed it “Poopy Pass.”

I wonder why there was so much more there than elsewhere along the trail. Do they forage there?

the mules were loaded with explosives!

Well, that explains a lot

We confronted a couple ...driving a VW Bug. ... we threw our packs in the back and sat under the tailgate, our legs hanging out the back. ... 7 miles to go... we crammed into the van with a French bulldog and a huge boxer ... and 2 young boys and the man and woman. ... my car was still intact, ... Along the way we picked up a hiker, ... to Bishop.

Thanks for the reaffirmation that good people still exist.

[Wild]

Hey that was awesome! Awesome pictures and entertaining video, misses!

Man now I'm dieing to go back to the Sierras! Thanks for the bad ass TR!