I'm in the planning stage of my next mega hike and as a piece of it I am planning on doing the High Sierra Route. What I am wondering if anyone has a source of maps that has the names for all these cross country passes. I know the High Sierra Route crosses over 30 passes and most of them have names but do not appear on any maps I can find. I'd like to become more familiar with the names so I can do more proper research on it.
This year I am having a bit more trouble figuring out where I want to go. Here is what I have planned so far and if you have any suggestions they can help.
I plan to start at Lewis Camp in Golden Trout Wilderness. The Starting date is arbitrary and will be subject to the snow pack. Also the gaps in listing is resupply.
SJune 26 - 1 - Grasshopper Flat
MJune 27 - 2 - Rifle Creek
TJune 28 - 3 - Aspine Flat
I plan to leave the High Sierra Trail and travel up Buck Creek to Moose Lake.
WJune 29 - 4 - Monarch Creek
TJune 30 - 5 - Kaweah River
FJuly 1 - 6 - Moose Lake
SJuly 2 - 7 - Emerald Lake
SJuly 3 - 8 - Lodgepole
I plan for a couple easy days here. Also I plan to leave the trail on top of Elizabeth Pass and go over Copper Mine Pass and down Cloud Canyon to the trail. From Lake South America over Harrison Pass.
MJuly 4 - 9 - Mehrten Creek
TJuly 5 - 10 - Lonely Lake Creek
WJuly 6 - 11 - Cloud Canyon Trail
TJuly 7 - 12 - Junction Meadow
FJuly 8 - 13 - Lake South America
SJuly 9 - 14 - Lake Reflection
SJuly 10 - 15 - Roads End
Here I plan to go over Gardiner Pass. Climb Mt. Cotter and then follow North through Sixty Lakes Basin and drop down to the trail. From Bench Lake I will follow the South Fork of the Kings back to the Woods Creek Trail.
MJuly 11 - 16 - Junction Meadow
TJuly 12 - 17 - Lake 9530
WJuly 13 - 18 - Gardiner Lakes
TJuly 14 - 19 - Woods Creek
FJuly 15 - 20 - Bench Lake
SJuly 16 - 21 - Arrow Creek
SJuly 17 - 22 - Roads End
Here it's up over Granite Pass. Also from Lake 9702 I am going to go through the Volcanic Lakes and up over a small pass above East Kennedy Lake.
MJuly 18 - 23 - Middle Fork Dougherty
TJuly 19 - 24 - Middle Fork Kings River
WJuly 20 - 25 - Tehipite Valley
TJuly 21 - 26 - Layover
FJuly 22 - 27 - Simpson Meadow
SJuly 23 - 28 - Lake 9702
SJuly 24 - 29 - Camp Where Ever
MJuly 25 - 30 - Cedar Grove
This is where I would begin the High Sierra Route.
TJuly 26 - 31 - Granite Creek
WJuly 27 - 32 - Small Lakes 11160
TJuly 28 - 33 - Palisade Lakes
FJuly 29 - 34 - Below Potluck Pass - Climb Mt. Sill
SJuly 30 - 35 - Bishop Lake
SJuly 31 - 36 - Parchers Rainbow Village
MAugust 1 - 37 - Leconte Canyon
TAugust 2 - 38 - Muir Hut
WAugust 3 - 39 - Lake 11910
TAugust 4 - 40 - Merriam Lake
FAugust 5 - 41 - Lake Italy
SAugust 6 - 42 - Mono Creek
SAugust 7 - 43 - VVR
From VVR I am going to detour a bit from the HSR since I have done the Grinnell Lake Trail. Instead I will take the Mott Lake Trail and cross the pass above Big Horn Lake. From here I will detour from the HSR again. I plan to go by Izaak Walton Lake then by Hortense Lake and follow it's outlet to the trail. I also them am going to leave the HSR and take Cascade Valley and then the route up Minnow Creek to Iva Bell.
MAugust 8 - 44 - Cotton Lake
TAugust 9 - 45 - Minnow Creek
WAugust 10 - 46 - Iva Bell Hotsprings
TAugust 11 - 47 - Reds Meadow
Here when I reach the high trail above the Merced I will leave the HSR to go over Red Peak Pass and to Glacier Point and down to the Valley.
FAugust 12 - 48 - Cecille Lake
SAugust 13 - 49 - Lake Catherine
SAugust 14 - 50 - Foerster Creek
MAugust 15 - 51 - Red Devil Lake
TAugust 16 - 52 - Lower Ottoway Lake
WAugust 17 - 53 - Illilouette Creek
TAugust 18 - 54 - Yosemite Valley
Here I plan to take the trail out past Mirror Lake then up to near Tenaya Lake then up past May Lake where I will bail off down to the trail on Murphy Creek then cross country past Polly Dome Lakes to the trail along 120.
FAugust 19 - 55 - Near Tenaya Lake
SAugust 20 - 56 - Tuolumne Meadows
Back onto HSR.
SAugust 21 - 57 - North of Green Treble Lakes
MAugust 22 - 58 - Small Lakes above Return Lake
TAugust 23 - 59 - Twin Lakes
WAugust 24 - 60 - Kerrick Canyon
TAugust 25 - 61 - Benson Lake
FAugust 26 - 62 - Return Creek
SAugust 27 - 63 - Tuolumne Meadows
SAugust 28 - 64 - Echo Lake
MAugust 29 - 65 - Clouds Rest
TAugust 30 - 66 - Babcock Lake
WAugust 31 - 67 - Tuolumne Meadows
All that is about 650 miles.
Here is where I am like ok now what? I am considering maybe then going to Tahoe on the PCT but the further I go North the more trouble it becomes with getting home so I may just head back South on the JMT and do detours off it. Resupply seems like it becomes a problem beyond the John Muir Ranch though.
Like I said it's all in planning phase and any suggestions are welcome.
