One of the more logistically convoluted treks I have done, involving driving to a friend's in Fresno who let us stay at his cabin at Shaver Lake, then dropped us off at Vermillion Valley Resort on the west shore of Lake Thomas A. Edison, in time to catch the one and only a.m. ferry across the lake to access the John Muir Trail on the east side.
Record snow melts led to stories of scary creek crossings in July, but by the time we went, Mono Creek crossing was the widest and not too swift. Easy crossing in sockless waterproof boots.
This one up North Fork Mono Creek was narrower, deeper and swifter. I was comfortable with the big leap over the rocks these folks are nerving up for. My hiking pal opted to ford upstream and it looked pretty stressful.
Got into some nice meadows on the way but the heavy snow melts led to high mosquito populations, which incentivized us to get all the way up to some alpine tundra for the night.
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