by Phil » Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:11 am
Jeez, I just looked at the view count on this thread, and even I'm impressed. I hope lots of people found it useful. We covered a lot of places.
Anyhow, Jonathan, one last piece of advice:
To give yourselves an extra advantage going in, before you go up to Young Lakes, since you have the car, dump all but a day or two of your food supplies into one of the bear lockers either at the base of the trail to Dog Lake or lining the parking lot at the wilderness office in Tuolumne. It'll be en-route the next day, so grab it when you come back down. No sense carrying weight you don't have to, and you'll appreciate lighter packs as you get used to things. Leave it in shopping bags or whatever, just not in stuff sacks or anything nice.