In October the skies had finally cleared up, the fires were calm, and the air was cold. We headed out for a weekend of day hikes on SR108... or we were hoping it would open so we could do one hike on either side of Sonora pass. It had closed earlier in the week for snow.
While waiting for the pass to open we did an out and back from Kennedy meadows...
We hiked 15km out, and then turned around at what seemed like a logical point... nice overlook over the next part of the valley.
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| A very nice bridge |
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| Dusting in the distance |
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| Granite Dome |
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| cool rocks |
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| big trees and snow!! |
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| more big trees! |
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| Granite and dusted granite near our turn around point |
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| Relief Reservoir |
By the time we had finished our hike, Sonora Pass had opened. We headed over to hike out in Burt Canyon. Caitlin had been out here to climb!
Route:
We hiked out to Anna Lake and back, ~25km round trip.
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| early morning light |
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| looking down the canyon at Flatiron Butte |
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| Creek trying to freeze |
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| Me and Flatiron Butte |
Once we got to the point where we were supposed to turn off to go up to Anna Lake, the snow coating the ground had made in next to impossible to follow the faint traces of a trail that there was at that point. So we just went straight up...
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| Up we go! |
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| Found the trail again on this brief sunny melted out section |
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| Anna Lake |
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| Heading back down |
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| Back out at the mouth of the canyon |
Great weekend. Burt Canyon to Anna lake was a great day hike! October hiking is great... Both hikes we saw almost no one else out!
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