Nee's Journeys

Carson Iceberg Wilderness – Paradise Valley Loop – July 17 - 18, 2010 & July 24 – 25, 2010 See the photos I actually did this trip twice in back to back weekends but figure there is no need to write about it two separate times. I have only done one other trip in Carson Iceberg and that was many moons ago. All I can recall from that trip was that it was freezing…it was already October and we came across a small bear crossing the trail. I had decided that I wanted at least one of the trips that I was leading with Sierra Club to be a wildflower trip. I searched and searched for some options and finally came across what seemed to be a nice loop trip in Carson Iceberg off of H4. Since I didn’t have much experience in the area and the fact that I like to actually do the route before taking a group out on it I decided to give it a dry run with Curtis and Andrew the weekend before my trip. I was also uncertain whether or not I would run into much snow since the high point go to about 1...

Emigrant Wilderness – Cherry Creek – July 1 - 3, 2010 Some trips just don’t pan out the way you planned and this was one of those. It was a decent snow year and I knew that there was a chance that we were going to encounter some snow and of greater concern was the runoff and trying to cross any creeks. It was the first trip of the season, which meant my usual backpacking suspect Steve was present and my friend Andrew also joined us. I had been given a tip awhile back by a friend of mine about a great off-trail lake called Rosasco. The plan was to hike into Rosasco on day 1 and then do an off-trail hike visiting many great lakes in the area….that was the plan anyways. As the time approached for the trip I kept my eye on the snow level reports and knew that if we got to our intended destination it would be through a bit of snow. We started off at the Bell Meadow trailhead. I’ve never gone out of this trailhead and it is quite nice. I think it’s best to go early season, as it is a...