Sierra High Route Intro

This is the teaser/trip announcement post.

I’m hiking the Sierra High Route with Snorkel!  Dan will join us for the first section.  There is a lot of snow. It’s gonna be great!

Dan and Snorkel snowshoeing on the Tilly Jane Trail on Mt Hood in February.

The Sierra High Route is like a higher, off trail version of the JMT that was developed by Steve Roper back in the ’70s.  We are actually going to start south of the Steve Roper route and add on a section of Alan Dixon and Don Wilson’s Southern Sierra High Route. Altogether, our route will be about 250 miles.  I’m really excited to return to the Sierra in a high snow year and looking forward to a very challenging, but rewarding off-trail experience.


Red = Steve Roper’s SHR
Blue = Dixon/Wilson’s Southern SHR
Purple = connector
Green = PCT (for reference)

Snorkel and DnR on the summit of Mt Whitney, October 2016

We start June 29.  Check back in July for updates as we go!

 

6 Comments to “Sierra High Route Intro”

  2. Warren
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    I wouldn’t expect anything else from you; always looking for the “tough stuff”. I’m going to the Sierra’s the third or fourth week of July and I bet we still have a ton of snow so we’ll most likely be lower down. ha

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