Cooper Canyon Trail Camp

Josiah and I went backpacking to Cooper Canyon Trail Camp this weekend. It was a wonderful time. We got to the trailhead at 12noon and reached the camp at 1pm when we had lunch. We hiked part of the way down on the Pacific Crest Trail. The hike in was 1.8 miles with an elevation loss of 700ft. Yesterday, we were the only people there until about 7pm when 2 other campers came in to camp. The stars at 3:30am were beautiful this morning. It was like being at Yosemite. The stars just lit up the sky.

We hiked out this morning at 9:00am and reached the car at Cloudburst summit at 10:45am. It was a 2.6mile hike out because we took the PCT all the way out to the car. The last 1/2 a mile we had an elevation gain of about 400ft. Now that was a training hike (the last 1/2 mile.) I feel fine after coming home. I don't feel to sore but I will see how I feel tomorrow morning when I have to be at work at 6:30am.

Well, the next backpacking trip we will be on is the trip through the Sequoias. We will be going in from North Lake and coming out Bishop Pass and South Lake. I will post pictures from that trip when we get back.

Oh, this was a much better of a training hike than Orchard Camp. It wasn't 104 on the trail at 12:45pm. The high was 84 and a low of 60 this morning. We camped at 6,300 feet elevation.