Re: Theodore Solomons Trail
"michaelegrosse" <michaelegrosse-/[email protected]>
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Thank you for the input...I received the Guide to the Theordore solomons Trail this weekend and have decided the first trip should be from Glacier Point to Florence Lake Road...67 miles down at that point and 204 miles left... michael --- In [email protected], "zyrtec.geo" wrote: > > I hiked for a week on the Theodore Solomons Trail a few years back. We started near Clover Meadows and dropped down past Balloon Dome and through the Kaiser Wilderness, past Florence Lake, and down through the Dinky Lakes Wilderness. I exited at Courtwright Reservoir, but some of the others went on to Tehipite Valley and down to Roads End in the Kings Canyon NP. When I hiked it, it was in need of lots of trail work. > > The Solomons Trail shared a long segment of the California Riding Trail in the Kaiser Wilderness. > > Fortunately, I heard that there's been a lot of work by the Backcountry Horsemen group back there, and a lot of downed trees have been cut and removed from the trail. Hopefully, they've restored some of the downed signage, too. [Make sure you've got a good map with you.] > > I enjoyed the trail a lot. > > Unlike the JMT, it was not highly trafficked by hikers. > > Very, very few others were on it, so you won't have the experience on running into very others. I liked being low enough in elevation to have an occasional campfire. The lack of crowds of other hikers meant that there was plenty of available firewood. You didn't have to walk very far out of camp to gather enough. > > > Candace > > > --- In [email protected], "michaelegrosse" wrote: > > > > "Hello, I have ordered the trail guide to the Theodore Solomons Trail? Has anyone from this group actually done parts of this hike and what can you share? I am putting some thoughts into attempting all or portions of it this summer.... > > > > I love the idea of a major trail, going many miles and not being as busy as some of the other trails may be. I am beginning my research now on this trail, do any of you know anything about it. > > > > michael grosse > > >