Mule Pack to the High Sierra by Dave Wyman

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Mule Pack to the High Sierra

By Dave Wyman
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The Central Coast of California - 2010

Point Reyes, Tomales Bay, Petaluma - 2010

My wife, Kathy, and I joined a group from the Sierra Club, on a mule pack. We hiked, with just day packs, to Big McGee Lake, in the High Sierra, south of Mammoth Mountain and east of Crowley Lake. After eight miles and more than 2,000 feet of elevation gain, we reached our beautiful campsite.

The mule packers, from the McGee Creek Pack Station, had arrived ahead of us. It didn't take long to break out several containers of ice cream, which had stayed cold sitting on dry ice.

Beautiful day hikes, optional climbs up two mountains and two passes, spending plenty of down-time in camp to read, talk or meditate, and some terrific shared meals were all on the itinerary.

I made ten new friends on my first mule pack - this was Kathy's sixth - and I want to do it again next year, especially if there will be ice cream.

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Mule Pack to the High Sierra

Stella and the group.

Iceberg in a high lake.

Karen relaxes on the trail.

Closing in on the pass and the mountain.

Looking down from the pass.

Red Slate Mountain - so close, so far.

Shootout between Ron and John.

Looking west off the pass (with two hikers far below).

Ron begins the ascent of Red Slate Mountain.

Bob and the rest of the group.

Sky Pilot

Making good time.

Bob and a twisted geography.

Bob looking at Mt. Baldwin.

John with Red and White Mountain in the distance

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