bear creek hike with a view of sky pilot. october 2021.

10/31/2021

Emily and I got out for a frosty hike up Bear Creek today. We took our break part way up a rock field with a nice view of Sky Pilot and more. A beautiful day with sunshine up high, but a bit cold down in the shade of the canyon. Nonetheless, it was enjoyable. :)

Sky Pilot, elevation 8818' ... one of my destinations planned for next year.

We were pretty close on our 2018 Big Creek to Bear Creek backpack trip with tentative plans on hitting the peak then, but when we were coming over Bear Creek Pass in lousy weather, I opted to leave it for another time to get down and set up camp sooner.

2 Comments

Dana

11/1/2021 03:21:32 pm

Beautiful photos, Nikki! I love how you captured the dark foreground of the pine trees along with the lit-up background of Sky Pilot. The frosty fern photo was cool (literally!), too. And I admire your ambitious plans to hike Sky Pilot next year. It looks quite daunting, but if anybody can do it, you can!

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11/1/2021 03:39:51 pm

Thanks, Dana. I appreciate hearing the details of what you like about my photos. As to ambitious, yeah, once I make up my mind to do something, I get pretty stoked to do it. Problem is, I end up with too many plans, so some things have to wait a little longer than originally intended. But I eventually get to them. Sky Pilot, here I come! :)

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