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Caption: Memorial Day Weekend 2015 Red Mountain Basin, Sierra National Forest
Caption: Memorial Day Weekend 2015
Maxson Trailhead
Courtright Reservoir
Red Mountain Basin
Sierra National Forest
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Caption: Ready for adventure!
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Caption: It was an overcast, chilly day. We started our hike around noon.
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Caption: the fog steadily worsened...
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Caption: and then progressed to rain...
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Caption: We called it a day at 11 miles. It started hailing just as all our tents were pitched and snowed through the night.
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Caption: We woke up to about 2" of new snowfall. It was over 5" deep in some places.
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Caption: But it ended up being quite the lovely morning for a day hike.
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Caption: Finley Lake was our first stop.
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Caption: Disappointment Lake We lunched on the shores of Disappointment Lake before heading back to camp, wary of dark clouds and a gathering snowstorm higher up the mountain.
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Caption: "All we needed were some good friends and a song to sing along." The woodland creatures must have been utterly perplexed by Journey and other '80s favorites.
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Caption: Ready to head out!
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Caption: Courtright Reservoir We made it down in only 4 hours and were rewarded with a view of Courtright Reservoir, which had previously been entirely shrouded in fog on our arrival.
Picture of Red Mountain Basin
Red Mountain Basin
Caption: ig: strawbeemochi
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