Post by SaltyBoots on Apr 19, 2016 14:27:05 GMT -8
Some of you have seen my various posts, as I've been slowly narrowing down my options for my mid-July trip.... (We are doing 4 nights in Wind River at the end of an 11 day trip, but that will be our first trip that long carrying everything, so we are going to start earlier in the week with a 1-2 night hike (sort of a test run, but also just because we want to do 2 separate hikes), with a couple days exploring southern Yellowstone/Tetons between the two.
I don't want to deal with permits, and we have eliminated Absoraka-Beartooth because it's too far north, group wants me to limit diving. So I'm now looking at Death Canyon / Alaska basin area. Anyone have any comments on if this might be right for us - we are young, great shape, not too much high mountain experience, and very little snow experience. We'll have 2.5 days of altitude adjustment by the time we get started. Assuming snow is gone, would this be a good choice for us?
I've come across some loops that you can do in this, but it seems they all include a night in the park, which i'm wanting to avoid. Is there a loop that would keep up out of the park, at least for camping?
Any other specific 1-night trips in the general area that we might enjoy more?
I don't want to deal with permits, and we have eliminated Absoraka-Beartooth because it's too far north, group wants me to limit diving. So I'm now looking at Death Canyon / Alaska basin area. Anyone have any comments on if this might be right for us - we are young, great shape, not too much high mountain experience, and very little snow experience. We'll have 2.5 days of altitude adjustment by the time we get started. Assuming snow is gone, would this be a good choice for us?
I've come across some loops that you can do in this, but it seems they all include a night in the park, which i'm wanting to avoid. Is there a loop that would keep up out of the park, at least for camping?
Any other specific 1-night trips in the general area that we might enjoy more?
