Adventure: 008, Hike 003
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: May 9, 2012
Location: Deer Camp, Wawona, Yosemite
Hike Info:
Trail: Adler Creek to Deer
Camp--almost
Distance: 3.0 miles
Duration: 1:40
Elevation Rise: 770'
We take off going up the side of Alder
Creek—while the water was down a little, it still looked cold. None
of us wanted in. So up the east side of the creek and cross-country
for about a third of a mile, till we hit the trail. Lots of brush,
lots of downed trees. But after awhile we meet up with the trail to
Deer Camp.
It is a lot easier on the trail than
the cross-country route we were taking. Even though there was a place
where the trail fooled us. It did a switch back, but looked like it
was going to go straight. So we took 10 minutes figuring this out and
back-tracking to find the trail.
It is onward and upward. The trail goes
long the side of the ridges, following the creek. We get to a small
creek crossing. This is where Sherri and I could not cross several
years ago—then there was lots of snow. But now, it is obvious how
to cross it. We wonder what stopped us before—except for the snow.
We go another quarter of a mile and
come to a little bigger crossing-still very crossable. But we have
reached our check point time. So it is time to turn back. Wonder when
we will be able to see this place, after all it is our fourth
attempt. This time we are pretty near. None of the reasons to turn
back was technical nor endurance, just we have to contend with other
priorities.
The trip back to our camp is not very
exciting. We did stop to build a snow man—a small one. Still it is
a legit snow man. Sherri also gets a lesson in GPS usage.
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