Carson Iceberg - Paradise Valley Loop - July 21 & 22, 2012
This was my third time doing this wonderful loop trip. The trail starts at Upper Highland Lakes and makes it way to the PCT, then breaks off to go over a saddle and into Paradise Valley before climbing up Disaster Creek and back to the trailhead. The entire loop is about 16 miles. I organized a meetup with Bay Area Backpacker Women's group & 3 others joined me on this trip. This trail is great with lots of nice views but the real star of this trip are the wildflowers. On Friday night we stayed at the Bloomfield campground which was extremely empty...us, the host and one other group. I was really surprised given it was the 3rd week of July and the others campgrounds we stopped at were packed...oh well at least there was more peace and quiet. We got to the trailhead around 9 AM and with beautiful blue skies we headed out. Given what a light snow year it was I was really worried that we wouldn't see many flowers. However, we were...