On August 17-24, 1963 I backpacked 62 miles with Explorer Post 360 and Explorer Post 668 - 44 men and boys on the South Lake to Onion Valley section of the John Muir Trail.
We travelled up to the South Lake trailhead by bus on Saturday and backpacked in from South Lake 2+ miles to the upper end of Long Lake to start a standard San Diego Council, Boy Scouts of America, South Lake to Onion Valley John Muir Trek.
Ready to hit the trail at South Lake - John Muir Wilderness 17 Aug 1963
Ready to hit the trail at South Lake - John Muir Wilderness 17 Aug 1963
Mt. Agassiz, on the trail to Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness 17 Aug 1963
Long Lake, on the trail to Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness 17 Aug 1963
Sunday we backpacked over Bishop Pass to camp at Dusy Basin. We took a swim. Three people climbed Mt. Agassiz.
Crossing Bishop Creek on the way to Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness 18 Aug 1963
Mt. Agassiz, approaching Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness 18 Aug 1963
Topping out at Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness - 18 Aug 1963
Saddlerock and Long Lakes from Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness 18 Aug 1963
The gang on Bishop Pass - John Muir Wilderness 18 Aug 1963
Dusy Basin from Bishop Pass - Kings Canyon National Park - 18 Aug 1963
Isosceles Peak, Columbine Peak, Knapsack Pass
Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Mount Winchell, Thunderbolt Peak, North Palisade
Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Dusy Lakes - Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Dusy Lake swim - Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Fun at Dusy Lake camp - Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Fun at Dusy Lake camp - Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Bisquit making at Dusy Lake camp - Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Camp at Dusy Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 18 Aug 1963
Monday we backpacked down to the John Muir/Pacific Crest Trail (JMT/PCT) near the LeConte Ranger Station. We continued on the JMT/PCT with a long lunch at Grouse Meadow. Then on to Deer Meadow to camp.
Morning at Dusy Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
LeConte Canyon - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Upper cascade descending into LeConte Canyon
Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Cascades - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Upper Cascades - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Cascades - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Cascades - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Ready to go swimming at Grouse Meadow - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Ready to go swimming at Grouse Meadow - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
On the trail below Grouse Meadow - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Palisade Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
The gang at Deer Meadow - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Camp at Deer Meadow - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Camp at Deer Meadow - Kings Canyon National Park 19 Aug 1963
Tuesday we backpacked to camp between the Palisade Lakes.
Cascades, Devil's Staircase - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Deer Meadow, Palisade Canyon - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Cascades, Devil's Staircase - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Cascades, Devil's Staircase - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Devil's Staircase - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Palisade Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Middle Palisade and Mount Disappointment - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Palisade Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Lower Palisade Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Palisade Lake camp - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Climbed part way up Mt. Disappointment (to about 13,000').
Palisade Creek from part way up Disappointment Peak
Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
View of Upper Palisade Lake (lower right) and Mather Pass
from part way up Disappointment Peak - Kings Canyon National Park 20 Aug 1963
Wednesday we backpacked over Mather Pass to a lake just below Lake Marjorie.
Mather Pass west - Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
Mather Pass south - Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
Vennacher Needle, descending Upper Basin from Mather Pass
Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
Upper Basin - view south to Bench camp - Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
Sierra Crest east from Upper Basin - Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
Upper Basin - Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
South Fork Kings River crossing - Kings Canyon National Park 21 Aug 1963
On the trail to Pinchot Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
On Thursday, August 22, 1963, my thirty-first birthday, we backpacked over Pinchot Pass to Woods Creek.
Southwest from Pinchot Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Topping Pinchot Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Descending from Pinchot Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
View south descending from Pinchot Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Crater Mountain - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Crater Mountain - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Yummy Sierra Cookies, Crater Mountain - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Twin Lakes trail junction on Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Lunch stop on Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Crossing Woods Creek - Kings Canyon National Park 22 Aug 1963
Deer - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Friday backpacked to Rae Lakes - good fishing.
Fin Dome at Baxter Trail Junction - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Well packed camper moving to upper Rae Lake
Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Fishing at upper Rae Lake, Painted Lady, Glen Pass
Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Fishing at Rae Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Sun bathing, Painted Lady at Rae Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Fishing at Rae Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Fishing at Rae Lake, Fin Dome - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Fishing at Rae Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
The fish string at Rae Lake - Kings Canyon National Park 23 Aug 1963
Glen Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
Coldest night 20° at Rae Lakes, Warmest 40° on Tuesday.
Saturday we backpacked over Glen Pass and on new trail over Kearsarge Pass to Gilbert Lake. Those of us going on the next week's Deck Trek hiked to Onion Valley for food for the second week.
Mirrors on Glen Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
The gang on Glen Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
Mt. Brewer from Glen Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
Rae Lakes from Glen Pass - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
Bullfrog Lake from Kearsarge Pass Trail - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
On the 'new' Kearsarge Pass Trail - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
Kearsarge Lakes and Pinnacles - Kings Canyon National Park 24 Aug 1963
Kearsarge Lakes and Mount Brewer from Kearsarge Pass Trail
Kings Canyon Narional Park 24 Aug 1963