Sierra National Forest - Blackcap Basin - July 17 - 24, 2020
Trip Logistics July 17-24, 2020 Sierra National Forest - Blackcap Basin - Red Mountain Basin and Bench Valley Total Mileage - 30ish - Lots of cross country on this trip Photos Originally Planned Route - This wasn't the exactly route as originally planned but a version. There were some deviations that ended up occurring on the trip. In the April timeframe it was becoming clear that there would likely be no organized Sierra Club outings for the summer and I started to plan for an alternative private trip. I wanted to explore an area I might lead a Sierra Club trip at some point and also somewhere that was likely not to be too crowded. I had read of Blackcap Basin just a few years earlier….maybe because it’s on the west side of the Sierra I didn’t know anything about it but reading a friend’s trip report and looking at the topo map it looked great. The plan was to do an 8 day trip given the length of time to get in and out of the basins and 8 days is about all...