Saturday, June 28, 2014

Emigrant Wilderness Loop Backpacking Trip, June 20-24 2014

We stayed Friday night at the Crabtree Trailhead near Dodge Ridge.


Saturday morning we packed out east to Chewing Gum Lake for a break. Then, we continued on and stayed above the Y Meadow Dam Saturday night.

On Sunday, the Scouts practiced map and compass skills to find Granite Lake, where we stayed until Monday morning. We had the lake to ourselves with some swimming, fishing and fun.

Monday, map and compass skills lead us cross country to Bear Lake. Lots of swimming to the island and fishing, but no catches. There were only 3 other people at the whole lake.

Tuesday we followed the west trail back to Crabtree.

In total, we covered about 14 miles through wonderful country and lakes.