Need ideas?

“Hey TT'ers whats going on?I want to get a TT trip for next year.The trip is going to be 5 days 4 nights and has to be out west where the hights will get above 10000 feet.

I am open to any ideas.I am now makeing the clubs 2003 trip planner and would like some ideas for 1 or 2 week long trips?

8D”

“i thought we were doing the winds......”

“That sounds like a good one I want the ideas to flood in!

Keep it going!

Give me more!

8D”

“Rahwah Wilderness. Eastern slopes of the Colorado Rockies. West of Fort Collins.”

“If you come to CA, I'll help work out a route.

Come in the winter and we'll go snowboarding, snowshoeing, hot tubbing . . . .”

“I'm not sure exactly what hot tubbing invovles however if it goes in the line with snow shoeing and snowboardnig I would guess that it would mean to strap hot tubs to your feet and either slide down a hill or walk around in the snow.
AM I CLOSE?”

“Oops! That was meant to be snowboarding, snowshoeing, skiing or whatever during the day, camp out in Long Valley and soak in the natural hot tubs at night.

Better?”

“Snow Nymph now that sounds like FUN!

8D”

“Pecos Wilderness should be on your list of consideration. Most of the trails are 9000+/-, you can get above 12,000 or 13,000 if you want to bag a few peaks. GORP, Pecos Wilderness”

“Why does it "have" to be out west? No one likes the east side of the country?”

“.....you know, the winds sound great also.”

“Never heard of it? Exactly.
S-o-l-i-t-u-d-e, with 11,000 ft. peaks.”

“The Wasatch Range in Utah breaks 10K in several places and I really enjoyed the hikes there. I only had time for day hikes, but plan on returning next May for a 3 or 4 day hike.”

“The west is the best!

8D”

“I was just checking out some maps for the Emigrant Wilderness yesterday (immediately north of Yosemite NP). There are lots of options there. One that I looked at would be a point-to-point of about 45 miles with a bunch of elevation gain from miles 10-15 or so, then mostly "downhill" the rest of the way. I've done a fair amount of backpacking there, although most of it within about 10 miles from a trailhead.

The terrain is somewhat similar to what you see in the Snow people's photos of the southern Sierra, but maybe a bit more water. I like the lack of bushes, etc., so you can do lots of cross country stuff pretty easily.

Some of the trailheads are only about 3 hours from the SF Bay Area.”

“BTW, CMB, just watched "Hoosiers" the other night (again). Do backpackers in Indiana carry their basketballs with them on the trail?”

“I was kinda hoping to have something develop in the eastern part of the country but there is no reason I can't tag along on two trips. If people will be flying into Sacramento I can shuttle and put up (with) TT'ers. I don't have any bright ideas of good trips but I guess I could start thinking about it.”

“Maybe Hodgeman can guide us to Canada. (I love volunteering other people)”

“No we don't carry a ball with us and I just have a 1,000,000 ideas on where to plan this trip.

8D”

“Gojo - tell us more about the Lemhi Range. Is there a trail system? Ya got a good link for info on this area?”

“I too would like to hear more about this place.

8D”