Official Official Brochure .
Trip #: 10103a
Start: 4 PM, Sunday, June 27, 2010
End: 3 PM, Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Contacts:
Tentative Itinerary
Actual Itinerary New
Correspondence:
Welcome message.
Bulletin 1 (Equipment list )
Bulletin 2 (Trip Roster, Conditioning)
Bulletin 3 (Equipment Rental and stores in the area, 4 Major Pieces of Equipment)
Food (Questionnaire)
Snow is stil 5 feet deep - REI Sale 5/21-31
Bulletin 4 - Snow - Alternate room Sun
- Bulletin 4 - Follow up
Bulletin 5 - Snow melt - Cal Lodge Sunday
Questions and Answers (FAQ)
Bulletin 6 - hiking/ski poles with baskets
Followup 1 - Recipes New
Followup 2 - Thanks - Journal - Evaluations New
Followup 3 - Updated itinerary with maps
Recipes New
Journal New [Intro | Day1 | Day2 | Day3 | Day4 | Day5 | Day6 | Day7 ]
You may have to click on the journal entries or use some other key combination to enlarge it.
Reference:
Maps: New
North Tahoe - Donner - Truckee
Summit Lake Topo Map.
Watson Lake Topo Map.
Clair Tappaan Lodge information and directions
Sleeping Accommodations
Transportation from Reno
Transportation from San Francisco
Area Activities (In case you come a day early or stay a few extra days)
Other Backpacking Information:
REI Expert Advice:
Backpacking for Beginners
Camping & Hiking
Don's Hiking and Camping advice web page
Winter Hiking
Useful Information from the Sierra Club Knapsack committee (www.knapsack.org)
(Wilderness medical techniques, Water treatment, Getting in shape, ...)
Equipment List at SierraWild.gov
Weather: The average high for this time of year is 75° and
the average low is 36°. The record low for June is 18° and July is 24°,
Coldest low in the last week of June 2004-2009 was 29°
Dressing in layers is the best way to prepare for the 40° swing.
See weather on the donner page.
Historic Snow Depth
Books:
The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills by Rick Curtis
Joy of Backpacking: Your Complete Guide to Attaining Pure Happiness in the Outdoors, Brian Beffort
Backpacker & Hiker's Handbook, by WIlliam Kemsley Jr.
The following links to useful information on the Sierra Club Web site was included in the approval form page.
Don McBride 732 560-0369
last updated 11 July 2010
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