Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Bear Lake Backpacking Trip, September 28-29, 2013

2 Scouts and 2 Leaders backpacked from Crabtree Trailhead to Bear Lake in the Emigrant Wilderness.
This is a very nice trail that connects to the Kibbie Lake trail. We passed Camp Lake, which is a very small but beautiful lake. It only took us one and a half hours to return from the lake.
A short but fun trip.




Utica Reservoir Canoe and Kayak Trip, September 13-15, 2013

Boat packing trip to islands on Utica Reservoir off of Highway 4. 8 Scouts and 3 Leaders had a wonderful weekend at this alpine lake. Everyone wants to return next year and explore the lake more.






Sunday, August 4, 2013

Big Trees South Grove Hike, August 3rd, 2013


A hike through the less traveled South Grove of Big Trees State Park covering 5.4 miles of beautiful sequoia forest. The Scouts had fun investigating the burned-out caves in the huge trees that are common within the forest.

Camp John Mensinger, June 30th to July 6th, 2013

Another fine year acquiring more merit badges and watching the Scoutmasters get owned at Deathball. (for the 4th year in a row!) The Scouts had fun, and thank you to the leaders that helped out. More pictures available in the gallery.

Sugar Pine Railway Mountain Bike Ride, June 23rd

Short bike ride from upper Twain Harte to Lyons Resevoir. Easy ride, lots of fun, no fish caught.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Awesome Backpacking Trip!!

Last weekend we had an awesome backpacking trip to Kibbie Lake. We caught and cooked some excellent rainbow trout, went swimming, and found some great rocks to jump off into the lake. For the most part we had the entire lake to ourselves. TONS OF FUN!!






Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Death Valley Trip, March 23-28 2013

We set off from the Whistle Stop at 6:30 AM to begin the 8-hour car ride to Death Valley. About 3/4 of the way there, the alternator failed on the Scoutmaster's van, and we detoured north of Lone Pine and set up camp within view of Mount Whitney while the alternator was replaced.
The next morning, we woke up to 28 degree temperatures and a beautiful view of the back of the Sierras. After breakfast, we checked out the Reward gold mine and then headed for Death Valley.
The valley temperatures were 50s at night and 70s during the day, perfect weather for checking out Scotty's Castle and the unique geological features of Death Valley. We brought back lots of great memories from this trip, and we hope to return to Death Valley in the future.




Monday, March 4, 2013

Red Hills Hike, February 23rd

Perfect weather, perfect* hike, and everyone wants to return to this beautiful spot in Tuolmne County.


*: Except for the on-site first aid training on the SPL!(inside story).

2013 Klondike Derby, February 15th-16th

This year had a little more snow than last year, and everyone had fun camping and competing in the snow.

And now for the pictures!