Ludlow Hut 24. - 25. 3. 2012

Ludlow hut is one of the Sierra club huts and when Josh asked me if I would like to join him and other friends for weekend trip I didn't hesitate and said yes! We drove to area near Lake Tahoe on Friday night. On Saturday morning we drove to the trail head and after figuring out parking we left around noon for our 7 mile hike to Ludlow hut. The weather was nice despite forecast for the weekend. We didn't have problem to find the hut and we arrived around 4 pm. The rest of afternoon and evening we spent by eating, drinking, talking and having fun. On Sunday morning we woke up to light snowing, but before we eat our breakfast and cleaned the hut the sun was out again. Our journey back was even faster than to the hut and we ended great weekend by having lunch in Truckee.
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Chata Ludlow je jednou z chat patrici Sierra club a kdyz se me Josh zeptal, jestli bych se chtela pridat k dalsim kamaradum na vikendovy vylet ani chvilku jsem nevahala a souhlasila. V patek jsme prespali kousek od Lake Tahoe a v sobotu jsme odjeli k mistu odkud se vychazelo. Museli jsme trochu vyresit parkovani ale kolem poledne jsme vyrazili asi na 11 km vyslap k Ludlow hut. Pocasi nam vyslo i pres neprizivou predpoved pocasi. Nemeli jsme zadny problem s najitim chtky a kolem 16 hodiny jsme k ni dorazili. Zbytek odpoledne a vecera jsme stravili jezenim, pitim, povidanim a uzivanim si vyletu. V nedeli rano jsme se probudili do mirneho snezeni, ale nez jsme se nasnidali a uklidili tak na nas uz zase svitilo slunicko. Cesta zpatky ubehla jeste rychleji nez cesta tam a tak jsme vylet zakoncili obedem v Truckee.
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Snowcamping - Crocker point

This year winter hasn't looked like a winter at all, but we went for three day snowcamping at Yosemite NP anyway. We went to Dewey point first for the view and then a little bit further to Crocker point to spend two nights there. The snow cover was really poor, we practically didn't need snowshoes at all! The first night nobody build any snow shelter, but we found a place for a kitchen and built nice kitchen with bar and table for playing cards. The second day we went for short hike to Stanford point and after that a few people had nap, read, relax, played cards and build quinzee! On Sunday we left quite early, even though one hour was taken from our weekend because the daylight saving started!
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Tento rok zima vubec nevypadala jako zima, ale i tak jsme se vydali na tri denni zimni kempovani do narodniho parku Yosemite. Nejdrive jsem sli na Dewey point podivat se na nadherny vyhled, pak jeste kousek dal na Crocker point, kde jsme zustali dve noci. Snehova pokryvka byla tak mala, ze jsme vpodstate nepotrebovali sneznice! Prvni noc nikdo nestavel pristresi ze snehu, ale nasli jsme alespon misto se snehem, kde jsme postavili kuchyn s barem a hernim stolem. Druhy den jsme nejdrive sli na Stanford point a pak par lidi odpocivalo, cetlo si, relaxovalo, hralo karty a stavelo pristresi ze snehu. V nedeli jsme vyrazili zpet docela brzy, i presto, ze nam vzali hodinu z vikendu, protoze se menil cas!
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Royal Gorge 3. - 4. 3. 2012

Cross country skiing wasn't my favorite activity when I was a child, somehow now I prefer it over downhill skiing. When Bay area backpacking buddies announced a cabin trip I didn't have to think twice to sign up. 12 of us stayed at cabin near Royal Gorge, resort for cross country skiing. This is one thing that I am having problem to adjust to actually. Back at home cross country skiing was just like hiking in the winter with skis, here it was more like exercise and we had to pay to use the trail. Everybody got quite tired after a few hours skiing and after big dinner we all went to sleep quite early. The next day we went for short snowshoeing trip and cleaned up the cabin. Since we were passing Czech restaurant in Concord on our way home we made a stop for dinner there also.
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Jako dite jsem lyzovani na bezkach moc rada nemela, ted najednou jim dam prednost pred sjezdovkami. Kdyz jeden z online meetupu poradal vylet na chatu na hory, nemusela jsem dvakrat premyslet a hned jsem se zapsala. 12 nas bylo na chate blizko Royal Gorge, coz je stredisko s trasami na bezky. Toto je jedna z veci, na kterou mam problem si zvyknout. Doma se slo na bezky jako na vyslap jen ze to bylo v zime a jelo se na bezkach, tady to je vice jako cviceni a musi se platit za pouzivani cest. Kadeho par hodin lyzovani unavilo a tak jsme vsichni po velke veceri sli brzo spat. Druhy den jsem si udelali kratky vylet na sneznicich a uklidili chatu. Jelikoz jsme jeli po ceste domu kolem ceske restaurace v Concordu, nemohli jsme se nezastavit na veceri.
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