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Backtracking: The Sierra Buttes, via the Pacific Crest Trail

Backtracking: The Sierra Buttes, via the Pacific Crest Trail

Aug. 13, 2016 The plan: The lookout atop the Sierra Buttes in the Plumas National Forest. There’s a few routes here from different places. We were camping at Sardine Lake for the weekend with friends and decided to attack it from the Packer Lake saddle, near the top of the famed mountain bike trail that heads into Downieville.   I have been homebrewing for more than five years now and thoroughly enjoy the hobby, especially from a creativity standpoint. As…

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Lakes Basin Loop

Lakes Basin Loop

July 16, 2016 The plan: Lakes Basin Loop outside of Graeagle, Calif., starting at the Round Lake trailhead, connection with the Pacific Crest Trail and looping back via near Mud Lake/Long Lake. Approximately eight miles and 1,500 feet of elevation gain.   After the Mt. Elwell hike that Shannon and I did back in June, I had been itching to get back up to the Plumas National Forest and the Lakes Basin area. This had been on the to-do list…

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Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak (almost)

Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak (almost)

May 15, 2016  The plan: A stretch of the Tahoe Rim Trail on the east side of the lake, heading south from Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak. Per Mike White, a 10.4-mile out-and-back to the plateau of South Camp Peak, yielding some of the best views of Lake Tahoe. — This marked the first day hike of the spring with Shannon, the one for whom I have forsaken all others. The weather was perfect – sunshine but a little…

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