We leave very early on Thursday and drive across the southernmost pass across the Sierra Nevada, and back up the east side to the Alabama Hills just east of Mt. Whitney. Friday and Saturday involve less driving, more botanizing. Sunday is a marathon drive home. Spectacular views, plants, good collecting. Everything is primitive.
Weather can be hot, cold, wet, dry.
Bring your tent. Not a trip for the undedicated. Click HERE to see a list of plants we saw, HERE for a map of the trip annotated by stops, and HERE for a few more pics. By this last weekend of the semester the hills of Marin County are usually in good bloom, and this nearby locality is a fitting final trek for the class. Lot's of local native annuals and perennials.