17 Miles Knowing we had to ford the shallow river near us, we skipped putting socks on so it was one less thing to mess with while getting ready to get in the water. It worked out well. We crossed barefoot, and then put dry socks on wet feet in dry shoes. They dried off…More

18 Miles (Seavey Pass) A rough day of hiking, but we got through it. Our tent neighbor claims a bear was near his tent in the morning, but I didn’t hear anything. Maybe it was, but ran off without any noise. I remain skeptical. However, we did see a bear later that morning! Headed up…More

16 Miles (Benson Pass) Sky looked good in the morning so we pressed on. The ground had a thick dew and fog rolled through. We didn’t make up all of the miles, but had a solid day getting up and over Benson Pass. Before the top of the pass we met some section hikers who…More

5 Miles Needing to dry our stuff before we could keep going, we hung everything out on some rocks and let the sun work its magic. It took a few hours so we didn’t get hiking until around noon. We got about 5 miles before it started raining again. We strolled through a meadow that…More

12 Miles We broke camp with some still wet clothes, but not so wet to need immediate attention. It was a casual 7 miles to Tuolumne Meadows. So many tourists at the bridge about a mile from the trailhead. Can’t forget we’re in Yosemite during prime tourism season. Just weird to have massive areas of…More

16 Miles (Island Pass, Donohue Pass) We started the day making our way up to 1000 Island Lake, which Marie is determined to make a joke about. We then climbed up a little more to Island Pass. There was a short drop down and then more climbing to Donohue Pass. We were racing the storm…More

5 Miles Packed up and checked out of the hotel at 10. Brunch at Good Life Cafe again. Caught the trolley to Mammoth Village, then took the bike shuttle up to the bike park, got a hitch to the Minaret trailhead, and finally another hitch to the Agnew Meadows trailhead where we could pick up…More

Up early and trying to be quiet packing up at 3am. It was slightly windy all night so I don’t think either of us slept great. We were both motivated to get going though because the promise of a bed and shower was just at the end of these 19 miles. We started hiking around…More

I woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of scratching outside the tent near my head. I turned on my headlamp to find hundreds of ants crawling all over my bag and in the vestibule area. I was stressing and Jake told me that we could deal with it in the…More

Woke up itching to get to the water source 9 miles away. We were both going to have to conserve water because we didn’t carry enough the day before. I can’t wait to be in places where water is less of a concern. It was hot again and I was dragging. There was a lot…More

0 Miles Got brunch, did laundry, got lunch from Bell’s Kitchen food truck. Ordered take-out from the Mexican place near our hotel. Fell asleep early without trouble. A very relaxed zero day.More

0 Miles Ran into Trashman and Studio 54 at the bakery. They were planning to head back to Red’s Meadow because the rate on their hotel room was higher for the weekend. Saw Treetrunk at the Post Office. Got our resupply handled. A quick visit to the outfitter for a few replacement items. Took advantage…More

8 (+6) Miles (Duck Pass) Woke up to a cold morning near the river. The hiking was fine, just some easy ups and downs before hitting our trail junction. Passed a couple lakes along the way that looked like they had quite a few JMT hikers camped nearby. Pricepoint and Honeybear leapfrogged with us a…More

17 Miles (Silver Pass) The hiking today was a bit of a slog. 1,000 ft. up followed by 2,000 down, then 3,500 up, and finally 1,500 down. The view from Silver Pass was amazing though. I ran into Shade, Studio 54, and Candy Corn on the way up. A guy named One Love stopped and…More

19 Miles (Selden Pass) Our spot next to the river was cold. The JMT hikers and Pepe were already gone before we got out of the tent. We hiked on down to a creek and stopped to get water. Similar to yesterday, Trashman caught up to us and we chatted for a bit before we…More

17 Miles (Muir Pass) Muir Pass was the first part of the day. We got started around 8:15, and ran into Trashman at the first stream crossing. We filled up and talked about the next resupply in Mammoth Lakes. His group was going to skip VVR and push through to Mammoth by doing 17’s everyday.…More

16 Miles Slow and steady today. No passes, but we did hike the rest of the descent from Mather Pass and half of the ascent for Muir Pass. The hike started with lots of switchbacks through somewhat loose rock. It required attention and tedious foot placement. We got down to a nice spot along Palisade…More

17 Miles (Pinchot Pass, Mather Pass) Lots of climbing today. First, we were the last to leave camp at 8. The other hikers were all good about noise because I didn’t hear anyone packing up. The mosquitos were already swarming so teardown was quick. We then started climbing up to Pinchot Pass. When we stopped…More

13 Miles (Glen Pass) Woke up to light drizzle and overcast sky. No one is moving fast this morning, but that’s okay. We got going around 9:15, super late. Climbed Glen Pass and went down the other side. Passed lots of people going up while we were descending. We figure they are probably out for…More

0 (+8) Miles (Kearsarge Pass) Our bus to Independence wasn’t until 1:15 so after packing up our now super heavy bear cans, we went to the park across the street from the bakery. We had way too much food after realizing we could make it to VVR in 7 days instead of 8. We also…More