North Peak - Twenty Lakes Basin

I enjoy backpacking in the Sierra Nevada. The mountains are amazing! On this page, you can find a trip report for almost every trip I have been on.

Click the ⊕ button to see a preview picture of that trip.

Trips marked with a [*] are my favorite trip reports.

Also, be sure to check out my YouTube channel for videos of some of these trips.

• Emigrant Wilderness (August 2014)
• Ansel Adams Wildn. - Minaret, Iceberg, Ediza Lakes (Jul. 2015)
  
  
  
  
• Henry Coe State Park (Aug. 2015)
• Emigrant Wilderness (September 2015)
• Big Sur - Pine Ridge Trail, Big Sur Trail (Jan. 2016)
  
  
  
  
• Inyo NF - Sabrina Basin (Jun. 2016)
  
  
  
  
• Henry Coe State Park (Aug. 2016)
• Hoover Wildn. - Twenty Lakes Basin (Sep. 2016)
  
  
  
  
• Diablo Range - J. D. Grant County Park to Mission Peak (Jan. 2017)
  
  
  
  
• Henry Coe State Park (Mar. 2017)
• Yosemite - Yosemite Valley (Jun. 2017)
  
  
  
  
• [**] Boundary Waters, MN - Northern Tier High Adventure (Jun. 2017) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• Henry Coe State Park (Aug. 2017)
• Hoover Wildn. - Twenty Lakes Basin (Sep. 2017)
  
  
  
  
• Yosemite - Yosemite Valley (Dec. 2017) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• Big Sur - Arroyo Seco, Coast Ridge Rd. (Apr. 2018)
  
  
  
  
• Yosemite - Climbing Mt. Dana (May 2018)
  
  
  
  
• Mt. Shasta - did not summit (Jun. 2018)
  
  
  
  
• [*] Kings Canyon NP - Great Western Divide Circuit (Aug. 2018) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• John Muir Wildn. - Bear Lakes Basin (Sep. 2018)
  
  
  
  
• Yosemite - Yosemite Valley (Dec. 2018)
  
  
  
  
• Tahoe NF - Castle Peak (Apr. 2019)
  
  
  
  
• [*] Mt. Shasta - summitted (Jun. 2019)
  
  
  
  
• [*] New Mexico - Philmont Scout Ranch (Jul. 2019)
  
  
  
  
• Yosemite - Snow Creek, Tenaya Lake, Clouds Rest (Sep. 2019)
  
  
  
  
• Big Sur - Boronda Ridge to Timber Top (Jun. 2020) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• Inyo NF - Shepherd Pass [failed] (Jun. 2020) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• [*] Inyo NF - Royce Lakes (Jul. 2020) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• Lone Pine - Alabama Hills (Mar. 2021)
  
  
  
  
• Kings Canyon NP - Bishop Pass, Dusy Basin, Knapsack Pass (Jun. 2021) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• Ansel Adams Wilderness - Ediza Lake, Nydiver Lakes, Whitebark Pass, Thousand Island Lake (Jul. 2021) [youtube]
  
  
  
  
• Los Padres NF - Sespe Hot Springs (Oct. 2021)
• Los Padres NF - Matilija Creek (Nov. 2021)
• Big Sur - Boronda Ridge (July 2022)
• Yosemite NP - Cathedral Lake, Matthes Lake (Oct. 2024)
  
  
  
  

Approximate total mileage in the above trips: 635 miles

Caltopo map of all the ground I have covered in the Sierra

Me (14) and my friend Jeffery (15) at Happy Isles!

Useful Links

• California Snow Water Content (daily update) (pdf plot against previous years)
• Sentinel satellite imagery (near-daily high-res imagery of the Earth - extremely useful for gauging snow cover
• High Sierra Topix