June 21-30, 2014 - Giant Forest to Junction Meadow, then Horse Corral Meadow

Backpack Trip: Giant Forest to Junction Meadow, then Horse Corral Meadow
Proposed Itinerary
June 21-30, 2014

I am still working on trying to figure out getting this down to 8 days instead of 10 days.
May 21, 2014 - The mileages are approximate and I am still verifying.

Day	Date	Destination	Description	Miles	Elev Gain	End Elev
0		Giant Forest	Starting point. Previous night in Fresno	0	0	6760'
1	06/21/14	Buck Creek		10.5	1,720'	7200'
2	06/22/14	Hamilton Lake	May be able to Nine Lakes Basin, about two miles farther and other Kaweah Gap	5	1475'	8235'
3	06/23/14	Big Arroyo Trail Jct		5.7	2460'	9600'
4	06/24/14	Moraine Lake		8.3	995'	9290'
5	06/25/14	Kern Hot Springs		8.7	202'	6922'
6	06/26/14	Junction Meadow		6.3	1114'	8036'
7	06/27/14	Kern-Kaweah River		6	2280'	10170'
8	06/28/14	Colby Lake	May be going further down Cloud Canyon	4.7	1830'	10584'
9	06/29/14	Scaffold Meadows		11.3	0'	7400'
10	06/30/14	Horse Correll Mdw		14.5	2320'	7650'

References:

• Starr's Guide to the John Muir Trail – Has a section on going across the High Sierra Trail
• Miguel Vieira's High Sierra Trail preperation site
• NPS High Sierra Trail site
• Examiner Article