Hiking Cloud's Rest After finishing the hike out from the Parker Pass trip I rested and ate food and then camped on the side of the road. In the morning I got up and went into Lee Vining to get gas and then headed over Tioga Pass on my way to Bass Lake California. 2017 Adventure Peak Ascents
Hike Out - Parker Pass Trip I woke up in the morning and took some more pictures and then prepared for going down the east side of Mt. Wood. It was a beautiful day with clear skies. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Ritter Range
Koip and Kuna Peaks - Parker Pass Trip I again got a late start, the weather was nice and I found no reason to get up early. I started up Koip Peak at around 9:15 and was on the the summit about 45 minutes later. From there I wanted to do Kuna Peak so I went down the west Ridge of Koip to the saddle and then across. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Mt. Lewis - Parker Pass Trip I started down the trail towards Mt. Lewis at around 9:00 am, the trail over to where the switchbacks started still had snow in some places, but it was pretty easy going. The switchbacks came next and then I was down in the bottom below Parker Peak. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Parker Peak and Mt. Wood - Parker Pass Trip From Parker Pass, I wanted to do the two peaks directly east, Parker Peak and Mt. Wood, as well as see if it would be possible to descend the east side of Mt. Wood directly back to the trailhead, instead of slogging all the way back through the snow all over again. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Getting to Parker Pass - Parker Pass Trip In the morning, I was feeling better but still not great. So I got a late start and around 11:30 or so I headed back to Gem Pass and then followed the trail towards Parker Pass. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Ritter Range
Blacktop Peak - Parker Pass Trip In the morning, I woke up late not feeling very good. I had breakfast and went back down the trail to look for my other shoe, which I found laying on top of the snow not far from camp. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Hike In - Parker Pass Trip After the North Glacier Pass trip I took a day off to rest and then went to the Ranger station on Mono lake to get another permit for another week long peakbagging trip. 2017 Adventure Parker Pass Trip Ritter Range
Hiking Out - North Glacier Pass Trip There was a waterfall on the rocks above camp from the snowmelt and after breakfast I headed back across the suncups along Thousand Island lake to get to the trail. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Ritter Range
Electra Peak - North Glacier Pass Trip I decided to do the unnamed peak between Mt. Rodgers and Electra Peak first, and then if there was time, go over and do Electra Peak as well. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Mt. Rogers - North Glacier Pass Trip Roger's Peak is at the very end of the North Fork of the San Joaquin river, from camp I headed up stream on the snow having to be careful where I crossed as I could see the river flowing below camp. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Mt. Davis - North Glacier Pass Trip The day after climbing Mt. Ritter was mostly a rest day. I got up late and headed for Mt. Davis around noon. I packed my gear and hiked to the west end of Lake Catherine where I took some photos and left my big back pack behind. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Ritter Range Peak Ascents
Mt. Ritter - North Glacier Pass Trip 3 years before this trip, I had tried to climb Mt. Ritter and failed. Now I was back with better gear and a better idea of the route. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Banner Peak - North Glacier Pass Trip From there it was an easy walk up to the top of the saddle on the glacier, while I could see cracks in the glacier on the side next to Mt. Ritter, there were no cracks or crevasses on the Banner Peak side and it was fairly flat. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Ritter Range Peak Ascents
Hiking into Thousand Island Lake - North Glacier Pass Trip After a doing Gibbs and Dana, I took a rest day and then got my permit from the Forest Service office at Mono Lake for a one week trip into the Ansel Adams Wilderness to do some peak bagging in the Ritter Range. 2017 Adventure North Glacier Pass Trip Ritter Range
Climbing Mt. Gibbs and Mt. Dana The day after hiking Mono Pass was a rest day, I moved my truck all the way up to the campground at Walker Lake and organized my gear, that hike I had done in my tennis shoes, this would require an ice ax and crampons. 2017 Adventure Peak Ascents Ritter Range
Hiking Mono Pass After doing Boundary Peak in Nevada, I headed into California and because the road over Tioga Pass was closed, had to adjust my plans. 2017 Adventure Ritter Range
Climbing Boundary Peak - Nevada At the top I though about going down the boundary saddle and doing the peak in California, but didn't feel up to it so I took some more pictures and then headed down. 2017 Adventure Peak Ascents
Climbing Wheeler Peak - Nevada I watched the sunrise and how it slowly lit up the mountain range to the south before heading back down the mountain. 2017 Adventure Peak Ascents
Mammoth Cave Utah Mammoth Cave in Utah is a very interesting place. The short version is that it is comprised of two intersecting lava tubes that form a rough X. It collapsed almost at the dead 2017 Adventure
Visiting Bryce Canyon National Park After doing Copper Belt Peak, I headed south to Bryce Canyon, again sleeping in my car and then heading into the park in the morning. 2017 Adventure
Climbing Copper Belt Peak I saw probably 20-30 mountain goats and passed quite a number of trees that had been initialed by sheepherders back in the early 1920-30's which I found rather interesting. 2017 Adventure Peak Ascents
2017 Summer Adventure Begins At the beginning of the summer of 2017, I quit my job and headed out on a four-month trip to backpack and hike and climb mountains in the western United States. 2017 Adventure
