The Sierra High Route

[suge]

A few other posts have refered to the Sierra High Route, an off trail scrambling version of the John Muir Trail. I hiked a portion of this over the course of about two weeks in July and have put up a lot of photos and text about it at

 

http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett/shr/index.html

 

To be short, the scenery is unbelievably grand and the land extremely remote. Cross country travel in the Sierra is generally much easier than in the Cascades, though this does not mean it is easy. Routefinding and scrambling meant that a 12 mile day took about 12 hours. For reference, I hiked the PCT in 3.5 months. Three to four solid weeks of hiking is a reasonable amount of time to complete the SHR, I think. Most of the passes were class 2 scrambles with some class 3 sections. When we made bad choices, we ended up on class 4 and, sometimes, low class 5 sections. Snow was a great friend, as it allowed us to descend from the passes in style as opposed to scree skiing.

 

Here are a few pics to whet your appetite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rad]

Ah, the range of light.

The last shot looks like the back of halfdome in the background with the Snake dike on the left skyline.

Good memories...

[texplorer]

What is this peak?

 

[ColinB]

These pictures remind me why I want to move back to California some days.

[Off_White]

Tex, that's Clyde Minaret. One of the 50 crowded, innit?

 

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

[Denizen]

woah that is really pretty country

[TeleRoss]

"Goin back to Cali, Cali"

yeahhhaawwww!!!

[WageSlave]

That makes me miss being in the Sierra back in high school.