Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

I backpacked the High Sierra Trail and the John Muir Trail from August 3rd to August 21st. It was quite the experience as the weather did not fully cooperate. I became intimately familiar with Thunderstorms. Here are some photos........you can see more and more of the photos at: http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada There are Topo Maps of my entire journey to see as well and some videos at a later time.

I am in the process of blogging about the day to day adventure and if anyone is interersted, it is here: http://calicokat-hstjmt2012.blogspot.com/

Hamilton Lake (Day One)


Precipice Lake (Day Two)


Vista On The Way To Mt. Whitney (Day Four)


Mt. Whitney From Timberline Lake (Day Four)


University Peak & Mt. Bradley From Forester Pass (Day Five)


Bullfrog Lake Reflections (Day Six)


Mt. Brewer & Bullfrog Lake (Day Eight)


Mt. Clarence King (Day Nine)


The Palisades From Mather Pass (Day Ten)


Lower Palisade Lake (Day Ten)


The Black Giant (Day Eleven)


Helen Lake (Day Eleven)


Sunset From McClure Meadow (Day Eleven)


Lake Of The Lone Indian (Day Thirteen)


Camp Vista Supreme (Day Sixteen)


Pre Dawn At Thousand Island Lake (Day Seventeen)


Banner Peak (Day Seventeen)


Black & White Version (Day Seventeen)


Warm Early Morning Light From Half Dome's Summit (Day Nineteen)


Myself On The Summit Of Half Dome w/ JMT/HST 2012 Bandana (Day 19)

VERY cool calicokat! Your pictures are nothing short of breath-taking brother. It really makes me feel antsy to go back there!

Thank you!

Helen Lake and Bullfrog Lake Reflections are my favorite but it's hard to have favorites when they all reach out and call my name, nice adventure, great pictures, thanks for sharing.

Congratulations, calicokat! Snow and river crossings last year and relentless thunderstorms this year - you are a trooper! It would have been fun if Ellen and I had crossed trails with you.

The pics are gorgeous as always (although I had trouble playing some of them as a slideshow on smugmug.) Can't wait to read the entire trip report.

Cool pictures Calicokat and thanks for keeping us informed on Facebook.

Awesome stuff, bro.

How on earth do you manage to get so much time off?

HJ