From: genglish@applelink.apple.com (Gary English)
Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
Subject: Re: mid-May Backpacking to Hetch Hetchey in Yosemite
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:23:11 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <1992Mar31.162857.7715@pony.Ingres.COM>, pete@Ingres.COM (Pete Eakle) writes:
> 
> I am looking to lead a group of Boy Scouts on a backpack trip in mid May. I
> am thinking about taking them to Hetch Hetchey and hike to Racheria falls,




Saturday                 Note                    Miles Total   Alt.
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O'Shaugnessy Dam         Hetch Hetchy Reservoir    0.0   0.0   3814
Tunnel                   Poison Oak                0.3   0.3   3820
Rancheria Falls Junction Start climb               0.9   1.2   4050
Trail Junction           Leave Road                2.1   3.3   5100
Moraine Pond             Glacial                   2.6   5.9   5900
Frog Creek Trail         Keep to the right         0.9   6.8   6400
Beehive Meadow           Historic Ranch            0.9   7.7   6560
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                         Short, steep walk               7.7   2746
  

          
Sunday                   Note                    Miles Total   Alt.
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Jack Main Trail          Mr. Main, early sheepman  1.7   9.4   7000
Moraine Ridge            Glacial to the max...     3.6  13.0   8110
Falls Creek              Water with a view         1.1  14.1   7600
"Horseshoe Lake"         No name, shaped like a... 2.1  16.2   7200
Branigan Lakes Trail     Base camp                 1.6  17.8   7280
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                         Easy  day                      10.1   1550
  

          
Monday                   Note                    Miles Total   Alt.
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8778 Gap                 No backpacks              2.1  19.9   8600
8778                     Sweeping panoramas        0.7  20.6   8778
Tilden Canyon            Climbing                  1.6  22.2   8300
Wilma Lake Trail         Fishing                   1.6  23.8   8400
Wilma Lake               Backcountry ranger        1.6  25.4   8000
Branigan Lakes Trail     Base camp                 3.3  28.7   7280
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                         Explore and play               10.9   1498
  

          
Tuesday                  Note                    Miles Total   Alt.
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8778 Gap                 Backpacks back on          2.1 30.8   8600
Pond                     Last water til Tiltill V.  1.1 31.9   8500
Tiltill Valley           Great camp                 8.1 40.0   6000
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                         Back down the hill             11.3  -2600
  

          
Wednesday                Note                    Miles Total   Alt.
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Rancheria Falls          Just like Yosemite Valley 2.8   42.8  4800
Wapama Falls             Next to the lake now      4.6   47.4  3900
O'Shaugnessy Dam         Hetch Hetchy Reservoir    2.6   50.0  3814
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                         Easy day, drive home            10.0 -2186
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