Title: Aug 19, 2015 - Lost Bear Trailhead
Trail head: Ostrander Lake
Hike Info:
Type: Backpacking
Trail: Ostrander Lake
Destination: Lost Bear Meadow Trailhead
Distance: 6.46
Start Time: 9:13
End Time: 12:34
Travel Time: 3:20 (1.94 mph)
Moving Time: 2:43 (2.38 mph)
Elevation Rise: 365'
Maximum Elevation: 8,571'
Description:I got up a little before 7 after having a fitful night's sleep. There was a rock in my back all night which was uncomfortable, no matter how I lay. Oh well, worth the suffering for the woman I love. I had my quiet time. Breakfast was a slow and unhurried affair of our standard oatmeal and goodies. We will be leaving this morning rather than waiting for the afternoon because of two things. First, to avoid the heat and the second so Sherri can go to her bicycling meeting.
We left at 9:15, but not after taking a picture of us at the lake-see below. As we go down the trail, we look for a patch of the trail we saw yesterday, but cannot identify it. It would have been good because then we could have seen where we had lunch yesterday.
The pleasure you have for doing a trail well worn from your feet is that you know many spots you want to visit. We do this right from the beginning of our trip down. After going up a little ridge, we drop down. From there we take a little social trail to look over the Illilouette Creek and beyond. For my money, this is one of the best views in Yosemite. We see many of the major Yosemite peaks such as Half Dome, Mt Hoffman, Mt Starr King, the Clark Range and many more. Well worth the 100' of being off the trail.
We continue our trek along Horizon Ridge making a lot better time than we did Monday. Does going downhill have something to do with it? The day is still young and we are enjoying the trek. We stop again at our favorite log, now half disintegrated from age. I wander off wondering if the patch we saw yesterday is down this way-no. In the meantime another backpacker from Ostrander comes down the trail. We never saw her, only another group of four young men a few camps over.
We make it down-no bear cubs today, only some mushrooms which Sherri goes gaga over. By now we are a bit hungry. What do we want? Pizza in Oakhurst, a little over an hour away. We find the Pizza Factory there and had a filling lunch-dinner. A good way to end a hike.
The pleasure you have for doing a trail well worn from your feet is that you know many spots you want to visit. We do this right from the beginning of our trip down. After going up a little ridge, we drop down. From there we take a little social trail to look over the Illilouette Creek and beyond. For my money, this is one of the best views in Yosemite. We see many of the major Yosemite peaks such as Half Dome, Mt Hoffman, Mt Starr King, the Clark Range and many more. Well worth the 100' of being off the trail.
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| Half Dome |
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| Mt Starr King |
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| Us and the Merced Drainage |
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| Sherri on her way down Horizon Ridge |
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| Fungi of sorts |
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| Us at the Lake |
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Snacks |
| Oatmeal and add-ins, such as dried peaches, strawberries, nuts, granola. Tang. | Peanut Butter and Nutella on crackers | Pizza Factory in Oakhurst | Clif Bar, Scratch, GORP, |
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