Mammoth July 2001

Trip Synopsis

Bryan, Xan, Lindsay and I left to go to Mammoth on a Thursday night. We camped atthe Upper Twin Lakes Campground (Note: The Upper Twin Lake Campsites are actuallyvery nice. They seem more private and bigger than the ones found in the LowerTwin Lakes).

The first day that we were there, we went down to Devils Postpile and Reds Meadows.To save some money and enjoy nature, we hiked down from the Minert View Point toStarkweather Lake. The hike was beatiful. From there, we captured a bus down tothe Devil's Postpile hiking trail. We made it to Devils Postpile, and admired thebeauty. After hiking to the top of the Postpile, we went into Reds Meadow and hada late lunch at the little resturant at the bottom.

That night, Lindsay & I went fishing. We caught and cleaned two beatiful BrookTrout. As we were waiting for the BBQ to warm up to cook them, we were notifiedby our neighbors that there was a bear in our campsite! We weren't able to get anypictures of it, however! It wasn't very big, but it was bigger than a cub. It seemedmore confused than anything.

The next day, we went to the Mountain Bike Park and rode the lifts down. It wasLindsay's first time on a bike in several years, and she was understandably a bithesitant and intimidated at first. As she became more comfortable with her bike,she soon was tearing down the mountain! After a fun day of mountain biking,Lindsay and I spent an hour or so climbing the rock wall outside of the MountainBike Park.

That night we went to bed early and left the next morning.

Pictures

Dan belaying Lindsay at the Rock Wall.	Lindsay Belaying Dan	Dan trying to get to the top.
Lindsay reaching the top	Dan and Lindsay on top of large log in campsite	Dan & Lindsay on top of Twin Lakes View
Dan and Lindsay at the base of the tree kill zone at Horseshoe Lake.	Dan and Lindsay in front of the Twin Lakes Waterfall.	Lindsay looking down into the giant "Earthquake Fault"
Lindsay looking up from the bottom of the "Earthquake Fault"	Dan Climbing the rock wall	More of Dan Climbing the rock wall
Dan and Lindsay in front of the Minerts	Lindsay posing with the Devil's Postpile in the background	Dan's turn with the Devil's Postpile in the background.
Lindsay standing on top of the Postpile.	Lindsay cruising down the hill with Xan and Dan in the background.	Bryan and Xan showing us how to "Rough it smoothly"
Lindsay and Xan cruising down the mountain just above the Main Lodge.