December 2005 Rubicon Trail
Photographs here were taken during a five day rockcrawling trip on the famous Rubicon Trail in the Sierra Nevada. Our mid-December (15-19th) trip was only possible because very little snow had fallen in the Sierra this fall. Icey and cold conditions were expected but the forecast was good so we headed for the mountains...
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This is the campsite we stayed at on night two of our trip (Friday). We had spent Friday wheeling from Loon Lake to Spider Lake, which is a relatively easy four mile section of Trail. The next day we would press on to Rubicon Springs by the way of Buck Island Lake. If we had time after reaching Rubicon Springs and we would then climb Cadillac Hill. About seven miles of the toughest section of trail separated us from the top of Cadillac Hill. Five more miles of fire roads would take us to the paved roads beyond at Lake Tahoe (near Homewood). We hit the hay early as the next day could prove to be a long one.
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