We love the Eastern Sierra, particularly the stretch from Mono Lake in the north to Lone Pine in the south. It’s a world class destination for outdoors activities of all kinds – we’re usually there for hiking, rock climbing, bouldering, mountaineering, hot springs – and so forth.
These days we’re usually headed to the Eastern Sierra for bouldering, rock climbing or mountaineering – which leads to the matter of downtime or acclimatization – how to spend days recovering from rock climbing and bouldering or how to acclimatize for high altitude mountaineering. Hiking the canyons of the Eastern Sierra pretty much always fills the bill.
Getting there
Click on the map to the right and it will take you to a Google Maps page – you can click “add destination”, fill in your location, and you’ll get driving directions. If you’re flying into the area, most of the guidebooks suggest Reno, NV as the nearest major airport with the quickest access.
Guidebooks
I’m maintaining a list of guidebooks here. The pertinent ones would be “Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons”.
The Canyons
I made the video from photos we took in three different canyons in three different moods. For Glacier Canyon, it was high summer and the wildflower bloom was peaking. It was fall color time for Lundy Canyon and the Sabrina Basin, and we got a nice surprise after our hike from Sabrina to Blue Lake – it snowed overnight and after about 30 nanoseconds of discussion regarding “should we do it again”, we set off in the snow to Blue Lake.
Pictures and Video
The video is stored at full DVD quality, so if you get stuttering during playback, you may need to let it buffer (let the little green bar at the bottom of the video grow) for a while. Hope you enjoy it!
Links to the still pictures (more pictures, and at full resolution):
- Glacier Canyon
- Lundy Canyon
- Sabrina Basin before snow & after snow
I’ve put together some digital photography tips here, in case you’re interested…
Epilogue
We’re always looking for an excuse to head to the Eastern Sierra to do most anything. One of the best excuses is when friends or family want to go and explore, so help us out and propose a trip!
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