Dan's Outside

2003 April

***4/2
– Bull Run loop and Almaden Quicksilver – up the main drag and down the English Camp trail.

***4/4 – 4/6
– Cross-country ski overnight in Yosemite. Camped in Yosemite Valley the first night since a cold late-season storm had closed the road to Badger Pass. Next day we drove to Badger Pass and skied out on the Glacier Point road to an overlook of the Clark Range where we set up camp. Skied out on day 3.

***4/19
– After not getting out last week it was good to hike today. Did the middle-length route at Almaden – out Randol, up the lateral to the ridge trail, past Bull Run. The white lupine near the mine on the ridge are just beginning to bloom.

***4/26
– Back to New Almaden today – as usual. I think I need to try some other trails… ;-) But really, it is nice to have a nearby place that I feel like I really know. Today was unusual for California spring. It is supposed to be getting drier and warmer now, but it rained most of the week and was unusually cold – so the trail to English Camp and beyond was very wet and muddy. Still keeping an eye on the White Lupine patch near the mine on the ridge – more flowers today but the peak is perhaps still a week away.

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May 11, 2003 - Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary