High Sierra Trail 2021 | Tamarack Lake | Sequoia National Park backpacking | waterfalls California

Описание: June 2021. HIGH SIERRA TRAIL PART 2 OF 2. Make sure you watch until the end for a very cute surprise! Sequoia National Park backpacking. Day 4, Lone Pine Creek. Day 5, Tamarack Lake. Day 6, Crescent Meadow.

It was a short hike up from Lone Pine Creek to Tamarack Lake but a lot of elevation gain (1600 ft.).
When I arrived at Tamarack Lake I was greeted by a million angry customers that are named mosquito. They were absolutely horrible. This was the first problem I have had with the little monsters all trip. I had some but not many at Nine Mile Creek, very few at Hamilton Lake, none at Nine Lake Basin, none at Lone Pine Creek, and now this nightmare at Tamarack Lake. Why?? I was not expecting to find any at Tamarack Lake because it is higher elevation than the other locations. Afterwards, from reading other hiker’s reports, I came to a realization of what I think happened: ALL the mosquitoes hatched on this one day (at least in this area of the HST – but it seems in other areas of the Sierra Nevada also) and now they are out in total invasion force. Someone said that it seemed to him that in one day the mosquitoes finally downloaded the full mosquito instruction manual and finished reading it. That seems an appropriate description to me.

I had to hide out in my tent all afternoon to get away from the buggers (and I was not the only one there that had to resort to the tent retreat). In the evening I went up to see the waterfall at the inlet to Tamarack Lake. It was not an easy adventure. I first had to wade across the outlet stream. This was not difficult but I did have to wear my water shoes and then on the other side put my hiking boots back on. This allowed the mosquitoes enough time to gather their forces for a full out attack. Beaten but not deterred, I continued on to the waterfall. There is a huge rock slide that you need to climb up. The boulders are enormous and it is difficult and potentially dangerous to climb them but I managed to find a safe way through (I was not expecting that I would be able to do it). When I got close to the waterfall I came to a wall of thick brush that was impassable. There was no way through. I decided to cross the creek and try the other side. I climbed up to a ledge that I thought was going to give me a glorious view of the waterfall but instead there was a rock wall that blocked off half the falls from view. Dang. This was no good. I went back across the creek and tried the brush again. This time I found a way through (it was not easy), and finally came up to the waterfall. Magnificent Tamarack Lake Falls, 80 ft. high. Here also was the only place at Tamarack Lake where I found little or no mosquitoes. Relief! How do you spell relief?















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