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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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Backtracking: Church’s Pond in the Mt. Rose Wilderness

Backtracking: Church’s Pond in the Mt. Rose Wilderness

Note: I intend to cover some hikes and trips that I did before the launch of this blog. Hence the “backtracking” title. The plan: Galena Creek Trail. Church’s Pond, from the Galena Creek Center off Mount Rose Highway. Per Mike White, the full loop is a “difficult” 10-mile jaunt, up Jones Creek canyon to a ridgeline – where the spur trail leads off to Church’s Pond – and down the north side of the ridge through Whites Creek canyon. Hiked…

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