Josiah and I went on a 6 mile hike today to Orchard Camp. We hit the trailhead at 8:45am. We hiked 3 miles up to Orchard Camp. We started out at approximately 950 feet and hiked up to 2,800 feet for an elevation gain of almost 1,900 feet.
The hike was miserable. This is definitely a November ~ May hike. When we started out it was 98 at 9:00am. At least half of the hike is in the sun. On the way out when we were coming down, the temperature reached 104 on the trail. This was at 12:45pm.
We did this hike as a conditioning hike for the Sequoia hike we will be taking in the middle of August. I don't think we will have to worry about 104 degree heat at 9,000 feet elevation.
We did ok on the hike except for the extreme heat. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this hike to anyone who was looking for a hike. It is a hot hike with not much scenery. 1st Water was a nice waypoint and we had lunch at a nice shady spot with running water but the hot sunny parts of the trail left both of us with bad memories of this hike.
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