Trip Notes - Ebbetts Pass to Eagle Creek Valley

Photo: Wall of granite about two miles north of Ebbetts Pass on the PCT.

Photo Album #101.

Weather: Sunny and about 70, calm in the forest, windy on the treeless ridges.

Trail Head: About one tenth mile east of Ebbetts Pass on the PCT, at 8707 feet elevation.

Land Status: Mokelumne Wilderness.

Fee: None.

Description: Easy to Moderate 12 mile out and back with less than 200 ft. elevation change.

Dogs are welcome on this one.

Flora: An abundance of wildflowers.

Dinner: Pot luck in a meadow at Ebbetts Pass.

Participants: (10) Kimberly Dawn, Steven Fotheringham, Jackie Lederle, Barb Hayes, Connie Metz, Patrick Wall, Maria Villasenor, Eric, Nick & Becky Teberg.

Dogs: (2) Jacques & Rocky.

Comments: Extremely pleasant and beautiful hike. Walls of granite toward the beginning. Amazing  volcanic formations (hoo-doos) beyond that. The wildflowers were in full display. Very few mosquitoes. Nick, Jackie & Eric walked at least one mile beyond the 6-mile turn-around point. We met Josh Garrett, the Vegan Hiker doing the PCT.