20130713-14 Coyote flats. lots of pics

[troyboy162]

Great weekend in a place that no one knew would be so impressive. As you look at these photos or any others online, there is no way to visualize what it looks like in person. The views are extremely vast on a scale I'm not used to. The only thing similar I think would be high altitude meadows in Colorado. California never ceases to amaze me in the diversity of its terrain. I had a amazing and relaxing weekend!

Travis and I met up with the crew around 930pm at funnel lake. This is me blinding everyone lol
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heres what I woke up to
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Our camp site in the daylight
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Heading away from the lake on the way to see the glacier
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Getting close to the glacier view areas
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There it is!
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Ice stays all year on this side of Mordor
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Next up was Baker creek for our camp site.
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The next morning it was time to start the trip to high altitude. This is the salty peterson mine
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This brook crossing was horribly defaced with flowers
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Success! 11000 feet MSL
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progress was slow lol. Around every corner was a view that demanded time to be taken in
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Heres Travis standing in the foreground
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Schriber mine itself was a waste of time, but the trip there more then made up for it. This random camp was along the way
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[Good Times]

sweet write up!

how were the bugs in the afternoon/evening? what was the weather like at elevation?

[Seanz0rz]

Virtually no bugs. I rocked the all natural repellant and didn't get bitten. On Sunday morning I got bit by something, but remedied that with some judicious heat applied to the bite. worked great!

Such a fun trip! thanks! I will upload my pics soon!

[troyboy162]

I expected bugs since my buddy got eaten up hiking three weeks ago, but like Sean, I hardly saw any. Temps were 78ish during the day and 50ish at night. That was a good getaway from the heat!

[DHC6twinotter]

Picatures!

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[DHC6twinotter]

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The glacier:
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Flowers by the campsite:
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Camp next to a stream:
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The views were amazing!
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The canyon in this picture looked pretty interesting.
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I had a blast out there! Great group, and the views were amazing!

[4x4mike]

Great pictures guys. Beautiful area.

So how was the fishing? I enjoy fly fishing at high altitude lakes.

I would love to have you guys up here to see some of what we have to offer. I know it's far but with a week, including travel, it would be worth it.

[Jaydee914]

Such a great weekend! Thanks, Troy, for putting it together.

[paddlenbike]

Great photos guys. I plan to go later this summer, so I might have to pick your brains for trail recommendations.

[Seanz0rz]

not a ton of trails up there, and much of them have been blocked off. still plenty fun!

Troy and Travis did great fishing! There was also a couple of Jeeps with Boy Scouts fishing at funnel lake, and they caught at least one.

At the stream, the group camped down a few hundred yards managed to catch something about the size of a smart phone. LOL!

Pictures!

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Coming in on Friday:
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You get a cookie if you can spot Dan!
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Not a bad place to camp:
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Fantastic views! I got to play tail gunner most of the weekend, So we know Troy, JD, and Dan's trucks were driving, and being followed by a hood and a pair of LightForces!
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Our camp stream:
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Stream crossing with wildflowers:
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[troyboy162]

Yeah it was a real bummer to see all the trails that were established enough to make the topo maps, but have now been closed off. Probably some great camping spots and overlooks have been lost since it seemed to be mostly trails headed to peaks that were closed. In probably 5 hours of actual wheeling we covered nearly all of the trails, but that suited the low tempo weekend I was looking for.
The one trail we didnt hit is sopposedly the tough route coming in from the souther end from the valley floor. All research calls it a black diamond trail, but all pictures seem to show a blue trail, so who knows. that trail would turn the trip into a nicer loop type route instead of in and back out on the same trail.

Great pictures guys!!!

[troyboy162]

Such a great weekend! Thanks, Troy, for putting it together.

no problem! I think my marginal planning ended up good enough for this trip. I am tempted to go back soon and lounge around some more lol

[Jaydee914]

Another trip could include a Lone Pine entry and then a trip and short hike to Baker lake. That's supposedly the end of the line for the trails up there.

[Jaydee914]

So last month, we had a photo shoot for our Fall sportswear up at Coyote Flats. Check out the picture that made it into our catalog....
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look familiar?
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[troyboy162]

Nice! Did you get to go? I've been wanting to go back some day sooner then later

[DHC6twinotter]

Awesome!

I should be a location scout or something…lol.

[Jaydee914]

Yeah, Dan! I can't believe they took the EXACT same photo (just cropped)!
I didn't get to go, unfortunately. The lead photographer, who I've spoken with a ton about that trip wanted me to go, but I guess in the end, they didn't need me.
One of their vehicles was a rented F-350 crew cab with street tires, loaded with equipment, bikes and people. It sounded like the trip was a nightmare for those folks.