Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports Lake Vernon, YNP - Dec 23->

Posting here in case there is any interest...

http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,30771

Beautiful images. I need to get into winter hiking since the mountains are such a special place to be in winter.

Nice! Not sure I could camp in snow like that, though. But I guess it would be possible if I had all the right equipment.



Any chance you could post a map of the Lake Vernon area?

You really don't need a huge amount of extra gear for winter.
At least for me it's nearly the same as in mid-Sept.

Here's a map:
http://picasaweb.google.com/yosemite.chick.on/VernonXmas#5556483112022317010
(you can zoom in and see the gory detail)

Hopefully fishguy sees this.. interested in his progress...
(if you read in that thread... you can find youtube links to
the wife snow shoeing for the uninitiated... shows how
much of a pain and slow going it can be)

Have fun