Tag: Lisa McMillan
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 5

Part 5: the loop closes—down through Granite Park and past Honeymoon Lake to the Pine Creek trailhead, full circle.
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 4

Part 4: two high passes in a day—Dancing Bear and Italy—over car-sized boulders, then down into idyllic Granite Park to camp.
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 2

Part 2: over Pine Creek Pass and down into French Canyon to Merriam Lake, where a day and a half of rain finally breaks in a red sky.
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 1

Part 1 of an off-trail traverse through the Sierra’s Bear Lakes Basin: up Pine Creek in the rain, to a first camp below Upper Pine.
