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Mineral_King_Winter_Trip_2007_Map
Mineral King Winter Trip 2007 Map
The yellow line shows our approximate route from the Hengst cabin to Eagle Lake and back.
Date: 09/09/2007
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Mineral_King_Winter_Trip_2007_Profile
Mineral King Winter Trip 2007 Profile
Here's the profile of the trip - 2,604 feet of elevation gain over about 4 miles going in, reverse that coming out.
Date: 09/09/2007
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Jeff_001
Jeff 001
What an amazing breakfast we had!! Thanks to an early rising Hengst household, we had some good food. Jeff is helping out by flipping pancakes.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_011
Jeff 011
Aunt Linda prepared us a feast
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_012
Jeff 012
Uncle Bob whipping together some scrambled eggs.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_015
Jeff 015
Breakfast is served!!!
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2144
John IMG 2144
After breakfast, we hit the road. There are two gates that are locked in the winter, mainly to try to prevent people from planting drugs near the road. A very large drug bust in August 2007 uncovered over 40,000 plants at a pot...
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_016
Jeff 016
A view ahead of us on the road...
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_017
Jeff 017
...and a view behind us. Patches of little to no snow made pulling sleds on this road very "interesting"...
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_018
Jeff 018
Um... what have we gotten ourselves into? We're still pushing forward through slushy, melting snow to the point where we will drop our sleds.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_020
Jeff 020
Just a little close...
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_021
Jeff 021
The end of the line for the car. We didn't think it would be prudent to go any further since the snow seemed rather deep around the corner.
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2149
John IMG 2149
We dropped our sleds here, backed the car to well before the second gate and where the snow started, then walked back to our waiting sleds to get on with the trip.
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2156
John IMG 2156
We're off and running, er, trudging up the road! But it's not long before Jeff sets up a make-shift tripod to take our trip photo.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_023_B
Jeff 023 B (Rotated Version due to Popular Demand...)
And here it is, very similar to one from our previous winter trip with one major difference... no misty, foggy clouds. Sawtooth Peak is visible in the distance.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_024
Jeff 024
The tip of Sawtooth peeking through some trees
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_025
Jeff 025
John, looking ahead to the high mountains!!!
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_027
Jeff 027
I have been through this area so many times I kind of take it for granted, however that is one big tree!!!
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2159
John IMG 2159
Here is a mileage marker. Our destination tonight is close to the Ranger Station which is 5 more miles!!! All uphill and pulling sleds, which I will honestly be able to say I did someday to our future children, just can't say we were...
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2160
John IMG 2160
Jeff taking it one step at a time. Gravity is really a drag sometimes. :)
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_030
Jeff 030
John is investigating how well his sled tracks on the top of a berm with a drop off on the other side... Obviously it did a good job.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_031
Jeff 031
Registration complete. We also took one very similar to this on the last trip.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_036
Jeff 036
And, of course a tree had to come down and block our path.
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2166
John IMG 2166
Jeff struggling to stay in position with 50 pounds pushing on his hips while John fiddles with the camera... Take the shot already. :)
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_037
Jeff 037
It was a good test of the sleds and our capability to get back up onto the road.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_038_40_Pano_Snow_and_trees_from_MK_road
Jeff 038-40 Pano-Snow and trees from MK road
Date: 04/12/2007
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Jeff_041
Jeff 041
And here is the Silver City sign...
Date: 03/08/2007
Views: 169
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Jeff_042
Jeff 042
I guess the store is closed... :)
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_043
Jeff 043
John taking a little breather
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_045
Jeff 045
It is great seeing all this snow being that I am a desert rat.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_046_048_Pano_John_on_Sled_Lunch_Break
Jeff 046-048 Pano-
John on his sled during a yummy lunch break
Date: 04/11/2007
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Jeff_049
Jeff 049
Here is an interesting study of how snow accumulates as it rolls down a hill. I think we could probably define an equation for the cone angle...
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_050
Jeff 050
John at a section that can be particularly dicey in years of heavy snow fall, this is not one of those years.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_052
The pain, the drudgery...
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2172
John IMG 2172
A view down to the waterfalls behind the cabin area. In heavy water years, the falls can be pretty rip roaring.
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2176
John IMG 2176
Ok, so a little explanation is in order. Before the trip, we discovered that some industrious people had installed 2 webcams in Mineral King. They mentioned general photo times and we decided to try and have the webcams get a photo...
Date: 03/08/2007
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John_IMG_2180
John IMG 2180
..er woman.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_054_055_Pano_first_Snowman
Jeff 054-055 Pano-first Snowman. Disclaimer "Some photoshop work was needed to complete this two photo combination being that each person took the other's photo..."
Date: 03/08/2007
Views: 179
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John_IMG_2182
John IMG 2182
Ah, we made it to the cabin. It's meeelllttting... Ok so this took a long time and the resulting drinking/cooking water was kind of dirty.
Date: 03/08/2007
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Jeff_063
Jeff 063
Some flames. Like a moth to a flame, I couldn't resist taking a photo...
Date: 03/08/2007
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