Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Sierra Fastpacking Ideas

Finally myself and friends did Rae lakes loop recently. This has left a hunger for more Sierra Adventures.  Listing few loops and point to point courses which can be done with a overnight fastpacking trip, if one is tad aggressive in hiking and ultralight on pack.

Some Sierra Fastpacking ideas
1. High Sierra Trail 2 days From SEKI to Whitney Portal

Total distance: 72 miles
Gain: about 13Kft climb

2. In SEKI, Big Seki Loop somes to mind. Details are very well captured here:
a) Big Seki North: About 80 miles (17,200 ft) from Roads End in Kings Canyon

Our Strava Route is similar to Leor's https://www.strava.com/activities/355382812

b) Big Seki South: About 60 miles from Roads end in Kings Canyon


About 55 miles

4. Sonora Pass to Echo Lake
Trail Info

Ranger Info: need to call BridgePort Ranger District for permits

5. High Sierra Camps Loops: Trail is captured here
This is a classic backpacking route, which has pre made tent camps along the way. We plan to do in 1 day in about 18 hours. Should be a good fun day, I plan to capture course with gopro as well

6. Rae Lakes Loop: Trail details here
We did this as a single run in 2020 and 2021.

7. Onion Valley to South Lake near Bishop
Video here