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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 29, 2020 15:46:55 GMT -8
^yep^
Titcomb Basin.
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Post by cweston on Feb 29, 2020 16:48:26 GMT -8
Titcomb Basin has the added bonus of being easy to get to: it's only about 13 miles and a moderate amount of elevation gain. Not bad for such a spectacular basin.
Of course, that is a two-edged sword: t's easy for everyone else too get there, too.
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Post by hikeer on Feb 29, 2020 16:52:54 GMT -8
On my bucket list: Sierra's Northern Cascades Canadian Rockies Grand Teton NP Grand Canyon
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 29, 2020 16:55:40 GMT -8
Titcomb Basin has the added bonus of being easy to get to: it's only about 13 miles and a moderate amount of elevation gain. Not bad for such a spectacular basin. Of course, that is a two-edged sword: t's easy for everyone else too get there, too. I did enjoy the drive to the Elkhart Park TH, had a nice chat with the USFS volunteer at the info A frame on the way there. How does it compare to the route to Cirque of the Towers?
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Post by cweston on Feb 29, 2020 17:04:31 GMT -8
How does it compare to the route to Cirque of the Towers? I haven't been to Cirque of the Towers, but it's only about 10 miles from the Big Sandy TH, over Jackass Pass. (I'm not sure about the elevation gain.) It's worth mentioning that it's about 10,000 miles on a dirt road to get to the Big Sandy TH, though.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 29, 2020 17:11:41 GMT -8
How does it compare to the route to Cirque of the Towers? I haven't been to Cirque of the Towers, but it's only about 10 miles from the Big Sandy TH, over Jackass Pass. (I'm not sure about the elevation gain.) It's worth mentioning that it's about 10,000 miles on a dirt road to get to the Big Sandy TH, though. Lol. Yeah. One of my fun moments a couple years back was I was coming down the road from Pinedale towards the interstate and in the distance i see this BIG plume of dust and it’s out there for quite a while over the horizon and finally it and I converge at the turnoff and it’s revealed as the filthiest FedEx truck by far I’ve ever seen. Just a bit north of the Big Sandy turnoff. Which I couldn’t take as I was late to get back to Salt Lake from a late fall Yellowstone/Grand Teton visit. That was shortly after I’d seen a “Slow to 65: congested area ahead” sign on that two lane road. The west does have that bigness going for it.
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Post by johntpenca on Feb 29, 2020 18:52:22 GMT -8
It's worth mentioning that it's about 10,000 miles on a dirt road to get to the Big Sandy TH, though. Same with Green Lakes TH. Miles and miles of washboard.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 29, 2020 19:00:13 GMT -8
I really hate washboard. The road into Chaco had some nasty stretches. No speed was a solution. At least none I had the courage to drive at.
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Post by absarokanaut on Mar 1, 2020 10:23:32 GMT -8
Do you go to Chaco from the South or the North? Almost 40 years ago from Crownpoint was epic mud/ruts; had a rough time and had to chain up my '80 Datsun Longbed; 15 years ago from Blanco TP it was a piece of cake on a highly mantained energy road you could have driven an aprtment complex down. Having seen serious wildlife in the Teton, Gros Ventre, and Fitzpatrick Wildernesses so often as a boy I was disappointed with what I saw of the Beartooth. The Plateau is indeed spectacular. A really cool, super easy 40 minute hike or so from Lulu Pass Road out of the Cooke City area to the top of Scotch Bonnet Mt. gives a nice view into the top of Mt. JohnTP, Remote can also be spectacular. The remotest peaks of the 48 States in your Teton Wilderness of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Having seen serious wildlife in the Teton, Gros Ventre, and Fitzpatrick Wildernesses so often as a boy and younger man I was disappointed with the shorter lake hikes I did of the Beartooth. The Plateau is indeed spectacular. On a minor hiking note a really cool, super easy 40 minute boulder slope or so from Lulu Pass Road out of the Cooke City area to the top of Scotch Bonnet Mt. gives a nice view into the top of Mt.
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Post by absarokanaut on Mar 1, 2020 10:36:21 GMT -8
Trinity, Both sides of the Sangres are awesome, unequivocally the Glory of Colorado in my mind. There are a lot more folks there now then when I hung there in the 80s and 90s but it is awesome. From just above Zapata Falls. Willow Lake is one of my favorite dayhikes/overnights in the world. See my friend to the right of the top of the Falls?
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Post by marmotstew on Mar 1, 2020 14:06:45 GMT -8
Not really a bucket list kinda guy. So screw you and your damn dirty list.
Except willow lake, that might be on my list.
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Post by Hungry Jack on Mar 2, 2020 6:53:08 GMT -8
Jeez, where does one begin?
Would love to do the Teton Crest trail someday.
Minnesota's Superior Trail would be fun (or at least through Lutsen)
I think the Presidential Traverse will get done someday.
Yellowstone, Yosemite, SeKi, Glacier, Cascades--all NPs I have yet to visit.
So much to do. So little time...
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Post by cweston on Mar 2, 2020 6:57:44 GMT -8
Except willow lake, that might be on my list. A few years ago, one of those "outdoor adventure experience for youth" type organizations took a group to Willow Lake and really took a crap (literally) on LNT principles. Apparently it was really bad: human waste and trash everywhere, etc. I assume it's been restored (to the extent possible) since then.
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Post by desert dweller on Mar 2, 2020 7:40:37 GMT -8
There are so many places I haven't hiked in the western U.S. Here are a few.
-Yosemite -None of the Sierras except around Mineral King -Canyon Lands -Yellowstone -California (Except for the Mineral King thing.) -Colorado
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Post by johntpenca on Mar 2, 2020 7:43:45 GMT -8
Remote can also be spectacular. I didn't mean to imply "remote" and "spectacular" were mutually exclusive. There is just something about the serenity of being remote. A quiet night by a small fire with a stream gurgling nearby and wind in the trees. These days that means more to me than chalking something off a bucket list.
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