Thanks! I decided to split it into two days because I am not feeling confident about my fitness level for one day, and don't want a situation where the hike is going on forever and it's dark and late til I get back to the TH. I have a room at the Dow Villa booked for the night I return and I already want that shower.
I agree on not overdoing it, in fact I'll probably do what you said and go to Heart Lake. I hadn't figured out how far I wanted to go yet.
The Baldwin overlook is great training for Sierran steps I would think, it's so rough and unevenly spaced! I do more historical staircases around Hollywood, also sometimes unevenly spaced, but not as rough.
Several others have recommended Outpost > Trail. I'm seriously considering it. My hesitation is the desire to get as many miles in as I can on the first 'easy' day, so I have less to do the summit day. It seems some of the harder climbing is directly after Outpost--and I can understand how it'd be nice to not have my giant heavy backpack for that. I just don't want to regret it on the morning I wake up to summit and now have 2 more extra miles than I could have. What do you think?
Last edited by kkdavis; 08/26/20 08:01 AM.
