
Friday ~ February 9, 2024
We chose a cold and cloudy day to check out our facilities.
Temperatures @ noon 28 to 32 degrees 7000 elevation.
The heavy thick snow on the trees cannot be appreciated in these photos ..
Providing pack trips into the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
John Muir Wilderness - Dinkey Lakes Wilderness - Kings Canyon National Park
Operating as usual
Friday ~ February 9, 2024
We chose a cold and cloudy day to check out our facilities.
Temperatures @ noon 28 to 32 degrees 7000 elevation.
The heavy thick snow on the trees cannot be appreciated in these photos ..
Sunday August 6, 2023
Rancheria TH
John Muir Wilderness
Sierra National Forest
Our clients for this trip, 8 longtime ( lifetime ) buddies, hiked to Duck Lake.
We carried their gear in and will be carrying their gear out in a few days.
They aren’t going hungry that’s for certain. The menu for last night: Linguine with clams, fresh tomato salad, bread, and plenty of wine. 🤠
A little history about the Dinkey Creek area.
Enjoy 🤠
Pine Logging the Early Days Pine Logging the Early Days was filmed in 1937 by Elsie Grimmett as her husband, Robert Grimmett, built the Pine Logging sawmill at Dinkey Creek, California....
Saturday July 15, 2023
Courtright Road
Sierra National Forest
At last! The road to Courtright RSVR is open!
FYI ~ The road is rough.. lots of potholes. But that didn’t stop folks from heading up there to enjoy the lake.
We stopped at the PG&E scenic view ( which is closed to vehicles BTW ) to get a look-see…. 🤠🤞
This IS ~ CrAZy…
Just waiting for Mother Nature to allow all of us into her home. 🤞🤠👍
Why isn’t Courtright open you ask?
We would like to quote the photographer of the photo below, “Snow folks. It’s called snow.”
Yes, that is STILL ice on the lake.
Photo cred: S. Gaona of Hall Meadow/Shaver Lake CA June 5 2023
Sunday, May 7, 2023
On the road today for our May snow survey..
Conclusion…. The mountain is NOT ready for the general public.
Sunday ~ March 26, 2023
About Noon… and 26 degrees 🥶
The snow was 10 feet of solid hard packed white stuff.… YIKES … we have another cold weather front coming in 🤠 I am not complaining at all. Grateful, but still shocked 😳
Tuesday February 21, 2023
Just a quick run up to Wishon to check out the buildings and snow load before the next storm ❄️
All is well above the snow 😆 🤞🏻 🙏
Staying positive. Waiting for the thaw 🤠
Monday ~ December 19, 2022
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄
Sunday October 9, 2022
Courtright RSVR
~ We can’t remember seeing it this low without repairs to the Dam being involved.
September 13, 2022
Maxson TH
Rain or shine, we are on the trail.
Today Allen is heading up to the “niche” with goodies for Outward Bound.
I have a feeling…..Allen is gonna get wet 🌲🌦🤠
The North Fork of the Kings potholes.. a popular destination for our clients.
Watch out.. I go thru a couple of pine trees taking this video… no blood, no foul 🌲🤠
An Aspen Grove along the trail.
August 9 - 11, 2022
Blackcap Basin
John Muir Wilderness
Maxson TH
This adventure takes us to Lightning Corral Meadows where we were contracted to take in two Engineers with the California State Dept. of Water Resources (DWR) to service the snow pillow/weather station. Twenty two miles (22) 😮 (one way) 😧 mostly along the North Fork of the Kings River to it’s origin in Blackcap Basin.
Thursday August 4, 2022
Horsehead Lake
Thunder and rain on the way back to camp.
Thursday August 4, 2022
Greetings from Crabtree Lake 🤠🌲🎣🇺🇸
August 2 - 6, 2022
Bench Valley
John Muir Wilderness
Maxson TH
Our clients only had a few days for a nostalgic trip into Horsehead Lake. We enjoyed this opportunity and shared this beautiful country with our wrangler Shelbi. Fortunately the weather cooperated with our adventure. Clear skies on our ride in and out. The middle days we had lightning, thunder, hail, and rain, and we were perfectly comfortably and prepared for all of that. I just Love Bench Valley! 🤠
Monday | 09:00 - 20:00 |
Tuesday | 09:00 - 20:00 |
Wednesday | 09:00 - 20:00 |
Thursday | 09:00 - 20:00 |
Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
Saturday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
Sunday | 07:00 - 18:00 |