Midwesterners in the Sierra Nevada This is a collection of reports on various hikes a group of not entirely fit Midwesterners have made in the Sierra Nevada. I find reading reports of other people's trips helps and sometimes amuses me, so perhaps others will be similarly assisted by these. For other information, consider my favorite books on the Sierra Nevada. My own "first summer in the Sierra" dates back to 1972, when I worked at Tuolumne Meadows Lodge in Yosemite National Park. I was slow back then. Thirty years have not increased my hiking speed. Still, I enjoy it, and have lured a variety of friends to join me. Most of them are still speaking to me. Intrepid Mountaineers, August 2010 August 2012: Return to the Emigrant Wilderness 2011: Cancelled due to snowfall. I was not willing to face the mosquitos. August 2010: The Hell for Sure Pass area Pictures and trip notes The original plan August 2009: South of Mammoth Lakes Pictures and trip notes The original plan August 2008: The Emigrant Wilderness Pictures and trip note The original plan August 2007: West of the Minarets Pictures and trip notes The original plan August 2006: The Pioneer Basin Pictures and trip notes The original plan 2005: Southern Yosemite Pictures and trip notes The original plan 2004: The Silver Divide Pictures and a few trip notes The original plan 2003: The Thousand Islands Lake Area The Hike Journal (Jim Bradley and David Hoekema alternating) Pictures by Ed Van Beek Pictures by Jim Bradley Photos by David Hoekema The original plan 2002: The Miter Basin Pictures The original plan 2001: Return to Bear Lakes A report by David Hoekema. Photographs My own favorite source of information on the Sierra is High Sierra Topix, where someone will know just about anything there is to know about hiking in the Sierra. This page is maintained by Randall Bytwerk. [My email address is bytw2calvin.edu — replace the "2" with a "@".]