Arturo's backpacking trips

  • Sierra Nevada Hikes/Backpacking Trips:
    • Valley to top of Yosemite Falls (5th tallest waterfall, 2425ft, 740m) and Yosemite Point (11/9/97)
    • Upper Cathedral lake (11/8/97)
    • Toulomne Meadow to Glen Aulin (9/8/98)
    • Backpacking in the Ten Lakes Basin (7/20/99, 1 night)
    • Yosemite Valley to Glacier Point via Nevada Falls (10/17/98)
    • Wapama Falls (Hetch Hetchy Area) (10/18/98)
    • Toulomne Meadows to Lyell Canyon, Donohue Pass, Waugh Lake, Gem Lake (camp), Gem Pass, Alger Lakes, Koip Pass, Parker Pass, Dana Meadows (8/1/99, 20/20 trip, 1 night)
    • South Rim Traverse: The Pohono Trail. Glacier Point, Sentinel Dome, Taft Point, Bridaveil Creek, Dewey Point, and Discovery View at the Wawona Tunnel. (14.5 miles, 3000 elev. gain, 8/28/99)
    • Tioga Pass to Gaylor Peak, Gaylor Lakes and Granite Lakes. (6mi, 1500ft elev. gain, 8/29/99)
    • High Sierra Trail: from Crescent Meadows (Sequoia NP) to Whitney Portal (81 miles and 3 peaks: Eagle Scout Peak, Mt. Kaweah, and Mt. Whitney, 9/4/99-9/10/99)
    • Backpacking in the Desolation Wilderness: Eagle Falls trailhead (Emerald bay) to Dicks Lake, Dicks Peak, Gilmore Lake (night camp), Aloha Lake, Gilmore Lake, Mt. Tallac, Mt. Tallac trailhead. (9/25/99-9/26/99, 23mi, 6800ft elev. gain)
    • Taboose Pass to Upper Basin (5/26/01-5/27/01, 1 night)
    • Mineral King loop: Sawtooth pass trailhead to Glacier Pass, cross country to Spring Lake (1st night). Spring Lake cross country to Black Rock pass trail, Black Rock pass, little five lakes, big five lakes, lake 10040+ (2nd night). Lake 10040+, lost Canyon, Columbine lake, Sawtooth Pass, Sawtooth Peak, Monarch Lakes, Groundhog Meadow (10/6/01-10/08/01, 2 nights)
    • Vogelsang loop: Toulumne Meadow, Lyell Canyon, Rafferty Creek, Vogelsang lake, Fletcher Peak, Fletcher lake, Townsley Lake, Evelyn Lake, Ireland Creek, Lyell Canyon (6/13/02-6/14/02, 1 night)
    • An attempt of Mt. Tyndall: Symes creek trailhead to Shepherd Pass (9/28/02, day hike, 22mi, 5700ft elev. gain).
    • Southern Yosemite (5/25/03-5/26/03, 2 nights, 15mi, 4250ft elev gain).
  • Grand Canyon South Rim to River (9/29/98)
  • Bryce Canyon Hoodos moonlight hike (10/1/98)
  • Bay Area: Mission Peak (both from Fremont and Sunol) , Mount Diablo , Angel Island , Mount Manuel at Big Sur , Big Basin Redwood State Park , Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park , Henry Coe State Park , Butano Park , Point Reyes (Alamere Falls), , and All around Stanford (the dish, Los Altos, ...)
  • Pinnacles National Monument
  • Paradise to Camp Muir (Mt. Rainier, WA) (July'92)


    Arturo Crespo
    crespo@cs.stanford.edu
    Last modified: Sun Aug 5 18:43:32 PDT 2007