Tuolumne Meadows 21. - 22. 9. 2013

 Another annual camping trip organized by Bay area mountaineering, this time in Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite. The weather in September can be a little bit unstable, and last time as well as this time the forecast was predicting rain. A few groups of people changed their plans because of that and a few just proceeded with their original plans. Eric and I went with other people in a group for hike to Tuolumne peak, but around noon it started to rain and we decided to turn around and come back without reaching our goal. Since it was early in the afternoon and the weather wasn't ideal for hanging out at the campsite, we drove down to Lee Vining for hot chocolate and cake. The weather was quite nice while we were down from the mountains and we soon met many other people from our group who came for a dry and warm place to stay. Around 5 pm we decided to drive back to our campsite. On the way up the Tioga road we drove into rain and then snow! Many people were leaving the park as we were driving in. The weather caused a few people to have a longer hike/climb than they expected, and one car didn't make it back to the campsite due to snow, but luckily everybody's story had a good ending. The Tuolumne meadow was beautiful the next day in the snow and very quiet for a few hours while the road was still closed. The strong sun managed to melt the snow very fast and we could drive safely home.
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Dalsi kazdorocni kempovani organizovane skupinou horolezcu, tentokrat v Yosemitech, Tuolumne meadows. Pocasi v zari muze byt trochu nestabilni a tak posledni rok i tentokrat predpoved pocasi hlasilo dest. Par lidi zmenilo kvuli tomu sve plany a par zustalo u sveho puvodniho planu. Eric a ja jsme sli s dalsimi lidmi ze skupiny na horu Tuolumne, ale kolem poledne zacalo prset a tak jsme se rozhodly se otocit a jit zpet bez dosazeni naseho cile. Jelikoz bylo pomerne brzy odpoledne a pocasi nebylo zrovna idealni na straveni casu v kempu,  jeli jsme do Lee Vining na kakao a kolac. Pocaci bylo pomerne pekne kdyz jsme sjeli dolu z hor a za chvili jsme se potakali s dalsimi lidmi ze skupiny, kteri prijeli take za templem a suchem. Kolem 17 hodiny jsme se rozhodli jet zpatky do kempu. Po ceste zpatky nahoru po silnici Tioga jsme vjeli do deste a snehu! Mnoho lidi odjizdelo rychle z parku v dobe, kdy my jsme jeli tam. Pocasi zapricinilo par lidem delsi vylet/vystup nez ocekavali, jedno auto se nedostalo zped do kempu kvuli snehu, ale nastesti kazdeho pribeh skoncil stastnym koncem. Tuolumne meadows byly prekrasne druhy den pod snehem a velice tiche na par hodin, kdy byla silnice uzavrena. Silne slunicko zvladlo rozpustit snih velice rychle a my jsme mohli jet bezpecne domu.
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Tioga Pass - BAMM meetup 7. - 8. 2013

This traditional camping organized by the Bay area meetup group (BAMM) is just on the other side of Yosemite. It is a long way to get there, and this year our trip was even longer. For a few weeks, local firefighters were dealing with huge fire that was partially in Yosemite. The road through Yosemite was closed, so we had to drive around it. Luckily, for most of Saturday the smoke wasn't a problem. Eric and I enjoyed a relatively easy walk around lakes by North peak. On Sunday, we left after breakfast and stopped at Mono lake; the smoke from the rim fire had reached the area and the visibility wasn't that great.
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Toto tradicni kempovani organizovane skupinou horolezcu z oblasti Bay je kousek na druhe strane Yosemite. I tak je to dlouha cesta tam dojet, tento rok byla cesta jeste delsi. Po nekolik tydnu mistni hasici bojovali s velkym pozarem kolem Yosemit. Cesta zkrz pakr byla zavrena a tak jsme museli jet okolo. Nastesti po vetsinu sobotniho dne kour nebyl problem a tak jsme si s Ericem uzili pomorne jednoduche prochazky kolem jezer u Severniho vrcholu. V nedeli jsme vyrazili hned po snidani a zastavli se u jezera Mono, kour z pozaru uz sem zasahl a tak viditelnost nebyla nejlepsi.
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Trinity Alps - Canyon Creek Lakes 31.8. - 2. 9. 2013

 Long weekends are perfect for backpacking trips, but this time we weren't sure if we will be able to go anywhere. Eric had a problem with his back and backpacking might not be the best activity for him. After trying to cary full backpack for a few miles around our house without problem, we decided to go. Trinity alps is great destination for many reasons, one of them is that one doesn't have to have permit reserved in advanced. We decided to go to Canyon Creek lakes, which was mentioned as nice area in Backpacker magazine just previous month. Probably combination of these - no permit restriction, being in Backpacker magazine and rim fire that closed a lot of Sierras made this area extremely crowded. Never less we had fun. We stayed two days at the same place and went for hike on Saturday. One of the highlights of the trip was bear taking a bath in one of the lakes.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vzdy vhodny pro vylet do hor, tentokrat jsme si ale nebyli jisti, jestli nekam pojedeme. Eric mel problemy ze zady a tak pochod z tezkym batohem by nemusela byt pro nej ta nejlepsi aktivita. Pote co si zkusil nosit batoh nekolik kilometru kolem domu bez problemu, jsme se rozhodli vyrazit. Trinitske alpy je skvele misto na vylety z mnoha duvodu, jeden je, ze se nemusi zamluvit povoleni hodne dopredu. Rozhodli jsme se jit k jezerum v Creek kanonu, ktera byla zminena v casopusu pro turisty minuly mesic. Pravdepodobne kombinace techto skutecnosti - neomezene povoleni, zminka v magazinu a ohen, ktery uzavrel velkou cast hor Sierra byly pricinou, ze oblast byla hodne precpana. I tak jsme si to uzili. Zustali jsme dve noci na stejnem miste a v sobotu jsme vyrazili na vyslap. Jeden ze zazitku vyletu byl koupajici se medved v jednom z jezer.
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