United States » Wandern

On their short visit in California Omega3 and partner stopped by at our house and "oh surprise", the next day we planned to go on a hike together. Unfortunately the Sierra Nevada got hit by the first winter storm of the season on the weekend before they arrived. However, judging from webcams and the word from a friend's relative...

continued... I didn't sleep much in my tent that night. Not because I wasn't tired, just because the wind was shaking my tent all night long. A few times I was afraid that it might not hold up against it. At around 5 AM I decided it didn't make sense any more to keep laying awake in my sleeping bag but get up and do something....

Originally Vauacht and I had planned to pay a visit to Mount Lyell and Mount Mclure on this weekend. However, several constraints were not fulfilled (in particular the fact that an overnight stay of any kind at the Tuolumne Meadows is not really feasible any more after October 15) and therefore these plans had to be put to its...

After my "long" hike to Freel Peak a little less than a year ago, I knew I "had" to come back to also bag the close-by Jobs Peak and Jobs Sister. In addition I also still wanted to try the southern access to the 3 highest CA mountains around Lake Tahoe from Horse Meadow. When I saw the report from the "Mountainhiker" to...

During my hike to Hawkins - and Pickett Peak, I saw a very interesting looking mountain somewhat south of me. At home I checked out udeuschle and found out that my newly declared goal was Reynolds Peak. After checking Bob Burds pages, I knew it would be an interesting scramble, in particular the last part all the way to the top....

My fitness has somewhat suffered since I moved to California (I sit in cars too often ;-). So for my first hiking day on this extended WE near Bishop, I put something not too strenuous on my want-to-climb list. It should also help to acclimatise to the altitude for the main course on the next day. Today I wanted to climb Hurd Peak...

Direkt am Blue Ridge Parkway liegt der Abbot Lake, der in den 1960er Jahren künstlich angelegt wurde. Südlich des Sees befindet sich ein kleiner Parkplatz von dem aus man auf den Sharp Top. Einer der drei "Peaks of Otter" aufsteigen kann. In der Hochsaision fährt ein Shuttle bis fast auf den Gipfel. Das braucht man nun...

Man hat uns einen Bären versprochen. Naja - also zumindest heißt es, in dieser Gegen seien Bären vor Kurzem gesichtet worden und man solle besonders vorsichtig sein. Der Park-Service hat deshalb auch extra einen Shelter geschlossen. Kurzer Test, ob die Signalpfeife am Rucksack geht. Im Zweifel muss die als Bear-Defender...

Am nörlichen Ende des Nationalparks in den Ausläufen der Great Smoky kann man - typisch amerikanisch - einen "Loop" mit dem Auto fahren und aus dem Auto heraus versuchen Tiere zu beobachten. Wer sich, ganz europäisch, doch noch traut ein paar Schritte zu Fuß zu gehen, der nimmt die Abraham Falls in Angriff. Zugegeben, es waren...

A. a friend visiting from Switzerland wanted to go hiking with me. His goal was to climb a high peak with a good view and it shouldn't be difficult, but a marked trail. I suggested Mount Rose with the option to also do a little side tour to the close by Church Peak. There's no marked path up to Church Peak, but judging from the...