BACKPACKING
IN
JEFFERSON
Copyright © 2004-2011 by
Richard S. Platz
All rights reserved
Located in the mountainous border region of northern
California and southern Oregon, the State
of Jefferson is more a state of mind than a political reality.
Here lies plentiful wilderness and undesignated wildlands. These
accounts of backpacking and dayhiking are a work in progress (as
are we all).
Preface
Why do you older folks still backpack?
A word for the younger backpacker
The Backpacks
That's
All Folks is a valediction to backpacking in
an account of our four-day trip to Trout Camp on Clear Creek in
the Siskiyou Wilderness, Smith River National Recreation Area,
Klamath National Forest (August 7-10, 2014)
Stepping
Across the South Fork tells of our three-day
return to Black Rock Lake in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness
of the Shasta Trinity National Forest (July 31-August 2, 2013)
Gulches
Have No Names describes our four-day backpack
into Long Gulch Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness of the Klamath
National Forest. Or was it Trail Gulch Lake? (August 7-10, 2012)
Every
Trip Is Different is an account of our three-day
return to the familiar Deadfall Lakes in the Shast-Trinity National
Forest. (July 9-11, 2012)
Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary tells of our three-day anniversary
backpack into Little Boulder Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness
of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. (July 26-29, 2011)
Closing
the Circle is an account of our four-day backpack
up Shackleford Creek to Campbell Lake, Cliff Lake, and Log Lake
in the Marble Mountain Wilderness of the Klamath National Forest.
(July 27-31, 2010)
Serious
Mistakes tells of our three-day backpack into
the Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness
in the Siskiyou National Forest eight years after the Biscuit
Fire to see if the fire touched Babyfoot Lake. (June 21-23, 2010)
What
the Hell Is That Rock?
tells of our four-day backpack into Jamison Lake, Rock Lake, Wades
Lake, and Grass Lake in the Lakes Basin Recreation Area of the
Plumas National Forest. (September 15-18, 2009)
Following
The Trickster is an account of our four-day
backpack with Nancy and Patricia into Fox Creek Lake, Virginia
Lake, and Section Line Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness of
the Klamath National Forest. (August 21-24, 2009)
Watershed
describes our four-day backpack into Taylor Lake and Paynes Lake
in the Russian Wilderness of the Klamath National Forest. (June
22-25, 2009)
Shih
Huang Ti and The Lost Dog relates our five-day
backpack into Tangle Blue Lake and Big Marshy Lake in the Trinity
Alps Wilderness of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. (September
8-12, 2008)
As
If Seeing For The First Time tells of our four-day
backpack into the Devil's Punchbowl and Buck Lake in the Siskiyou
Wilderness of the Klamath National Forest. (July 29-August 1,
2008)
Into
the Granitic Heart is an account of our five-day
backpack to Canyon Creek Lakes in the Trinity Alps Wilderness
of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. (September 4-8, 2007)
A Lake Too Near
recounts our overnight backpack to Tannen Lake, an easy half-mile
hike inside the boundary of the Red Buttes Wilderness, and the
horror of Bolan Lake, which lurks just outside. (August 10-12,
2007)
Anniversary
with Eagles describes our five-day backpack
to Stoddard Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness where Barbara
and I first met 21 years ago. (July 1-5, 2007)
Highway
299 Revisited is a narrative of our four-day
backpack with two friends along the Summit Trail from Pepperdine
Campground to Patterson Lake high in the South Warner Wilderness
of the Mococ National Forest. (August 27-September 4, 2006)
The
Ghost of Old Judge Waldo describes our five-day
backpacking trip to Blue Lake in Blue Canyon and on to Island
Lake in the Sky Lakes Wilderness of the Rogue River National Forest.
(August 8-12, 2006)
A Campsite
Lost and Found is an account of our four-day
backpack to Cold Spring and Bigelow Lake along the Grayback Ridge
Boundary Trail in the Siskiyou National Forest Roadless Area.
(July 9-12, 2006)
Short Trip
From Rat Trap Gap tells of our two-day backpack
from Rat Trap Gap in the Trinity National Forest to North Yolla
Bolly Lake in the Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. (June 10-11,
2006)
Odd to Have
Chairs relates our week-long horse-pack trip
with four friends to Morris Meadow and three-day backpack on to
Emerald Lake and Sapphire Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
(August 27-September 2, 2005)
Paying Our Respects
to Granite is an account of our five-day backpack
from Big Flat, up Kidd Creek, to Ward Lakes, with a dayhike to
Horseshoe Lake, in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (August 2-7, 2005)
Ants Atop
a Fallen Gravestone describes our five-day
backpack up Swift Creek to Landers Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
(July 12-16, 2005)
Shoshone
Mike's Stronghold tells of our initial exploration
of the Black Rock Desert, High Rock Canyon, Emigrant Trails National
Conservation Area in Northwestern Nevada and our two-day backpack
into the Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness. (June 4-12, 2005)
Foreman
Phil's Favorite Place describes our five-day
backpack from the Haypress trailhead to Bridge Creek, Cedar Flat,
and Pleasant Lake and out the Sandy Ridge trail via Monument Lake
in the Marble Mountain Wilderness. (August 1-6, 2004)
An Illusion
of Going Somewhere is an account of our five-day
through-hike up Boulder Creek, to Lion Lake and Foster Lake, and
out on the Union Creek trail in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. (July
7-11, 2004)
The Coffee
Pot's Grow'd Fur tells of our return to the
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, where we hiked in at Blue
Sky, camped in Stockade Canyon, and climbed Warner Peak before
cutting our four-day backpack to three. (May 31-June 3, 2004)
Backpacking
with Susan is an abbreviated version of our
four-day backpack into Deadfall Lakes and Mount Eddy in the Shasta-Trinity
National Forest. This was the first backpacking trip ever for
Rick's 20-year-old niece Susan. (September 4-7, 2003)
If Boulder
Peak Were a Foot Higher is an account of our
four-day backpack to Upper and Lower Wright Lakes and Boulder
Peak in the Marble Mountain Wilderness. (August 2-7, 2003)
Garden
at the Top of the World tells of our five-day
backpack to Little Duck Lake and Eaton Lakes in the Russian Wilderness.
(June 28-July 3, 2003)
In Search
of Barnhardy recounts our four-day backpack
into DeGarmo Canyon and Barnhardy Valley in the Hart Mountain
National Antelope Refuge located in southeast Oregon. (June 3-6,
2003)
Thither Lead
Myriad Paths is an account of our three-day
backpack in on the Deacon Lee Trail to Russian Lake in the Russian
Wilderness. (September 1-6, 2002)
Beneath
the Imposing Cliff tells of our four-day backpack
up the Pine Creek Trail to Patterson Lake high in the South Warner
Wilderness. (August 7-10, 2002)
You Can't
Get To Hayfork From There is the story of our
five-day backpack to Square Lake and Long Lake on the Ides Cove
Loop Trail in the Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. (June 29-July
4, 2002)
Deer
Ate My Hat recounts our five-day backpack
up Stuarts Fork of the Trinity River to Morris Meadow in the Trinity
Alps Wilderness. (June 2-6, 2002)
Shortcut
Into Grizzly Lake is a reminiscence on our
four-day backpack with Mr. Popper into Grizzly Lake in the Trinity
Alps Wilderness. (August 27-30, 1994)
Sinkyone
Washout is an account of my ill-fated, two-day
solo backpack to King Peak in the King Range National Conservation
Area. (May 1992)
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them to: Richard
Platz
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