BACKPACKING IN JEFFERSON

BACKPACKING
IN JEFFERSON

Located in the mountainous border region of northern California and southern Oregon, the State of Jefferson is more a state of mind than a political reality. Here lies plentiful wilderness and undesignated wildlands. These accounts of backpacking and dayhiking are a work in progress (as are we all).

Preface

Why do you older folks still backpack?

A word for the younger backpacker

The Backpacks

Anniversary with Eagles describes our five-day backpack to Stoddard Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness where Barbara and I first met 21 years ago. (July 1-5, 2007)

Highway 299 Revisited is a narrative of our four-day backpack with two friends along the Summit Trail from Pepperdine Campground to Patterson Lake high in the South Warner Wilderness of the Mococ National Forest. (August 27-September 4, 2006)

The Ghost of Old Judge Waldo describes our five-day backpacking trip to Blue Lake in Blue Canyon and on to Island Lake in the Sky Lakes Wilderness of the Rogue River National Forest. (August 8-12, 2006)

A Campsite Lost and Found is an account of our four-day backpack to Cold Spring and Bigelow Lake along the Grayback Ridge Boundary Trail in the Siskiyou National Forest Roadless Area. (July 9-12, 2006)

Short Trip From Rat Trap Gap tells of our two-day backpack from Rat Trap Gap in the Trinity National Forest to North Yolla Bolly Lake in the Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. (June 10-11, 2006)

Odd to Have Chairs relates our week-long horse-pack trip with four friends to Morris Meadow and three-day backpack on to Emerald and Sapphire Lakes in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (August 27-September 2, 2005)

Ants Atop a Fallen Gravestone describes our five-day backpack up Swift Creek to Landers Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (July 12-16, 2005)

Shoshone Mike's Stronghold tells of our initial exploration of the Black Rock Desert, High Rock Canyon, Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area in Northwestern Nevada and our two-day backpack into the Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness. (June 4-12, 2005)

Foreman Phil's Favorite Place describes our five-day backpack from the Haypress trailhead to Bridge Creek, Cedar Flat, and Pleasant Lake and out the Sandy Ridge trail via Monument Lake in the Marble Mountain Wilderness. (August 1-6, 2004)

An Illusion of Going Somewhere is an account of our five-day through-hike up Boulder Creek, to Lion and Foster Lakes, and out on the Union Creek trail in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (July 7-11, 2004)

The Coffee Pot's Grow'd Fur tells of our return to the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, where we hiked in at Blue Sky, camped in Stockade Canyon, and climbed Warner Peak before cutting our four-day backpack to three. (May 31-June 3, 2004)

Backpacking with Susan is an abbreviated version of our four-day backpack into Deadfall Lakes and Mount Eddy in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. This was the first backpacking trip ever for Rick's 20-year-old niece Susan. (September 4-7, 2003)

If Boulder Peak Were a Foot Higher is an account of our four-day backpack to Upper and Lower Wright Lakes and Boulder Peak in the Marble Mountain Wilderness. (August 2-7, 2003)

Garden at the Top of the World tells of our five-day backpack to Little Duck Lake and Eaton Lakes in the Russian Wilderness. (June 28-July 3, 2003)

In Search of Barnhardy recounts our four-day backpack into DeGarmo Canyon and Barnhardy Valley in the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge located in southeast Oregon. (June 3-6, 2003)

Thither Lead Myriad Paths is an account of our three-day backpack in on the Deacon Lee Trail to Russian Lake in the Russian Wilderness. (September 1-6, 2002)

Beneath the Imposing Cliff tells of our four-day backpack up the Pine Creek Trail to Patterson Lake high in the South Warner Wilderness. (August 7-10, 2002)

You Can't Get To Hayfork From There is the story of our five-day backpack to Square and Long Lakes on the Ides Cove Loop Trail in the Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. (June 29-July 4, 2002)

Deer Ate My Hat recounts our five-day backpack up Stuarts Fork of the Trinity River to Morris Meadow in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (June 2-6, 2002)

Shortcut Into Grizzly Lake is a reminiscence on our four-day backpack with Mr. Popper into Grizzly Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (August 27-30, 1994)

Sinkyone Washout is an account of my ill-fated, two-day solo backpack to King Peak in the King Range National Conservation Area. (May 1992)

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