Thru-Hiking Roper's Sierra High Route
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- The Sierra High Route (SHR) is a ~195 mile prominently off-trail hiking route that closely parallels the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The SHR was defined by Steve Roper and crosses through Tübatulabal, Monache, Paiute, Me-Wuk, and Washoe ancestral lands. It's considered by many to be one of the most spectacular and challenging hiking routes in the world.
This video chronicles the day-to-day experience of our journey along the SHR from its southern terminus at Road's End in King's Canyon National Park to its northern terminus in Mono Village, north of Yosemite. We began the SHR on July 17, 2020, and finished on July 31. 
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Love the candids. Having just last week crossed a number of x-country passes in the Humphreys, Bear Lakes and Granite Park areas i love that you were humble enough to show your mistakes. We nailed about half our passes and screwed up the other half. All in a good days work. Get up and down, enjoy the process, have a sense of humor, stay safe and no self-deprecation...
Brilliant portrayal of the route - talus, scree, storms and all :)
Nice, good landmarking. Best coverage of the SHR passes I've seen. I so want to do this but now probably too old and no friends want to hike off trail.
Same here James. I'm at the age where I probably could do it. I'd just need to take several more days than they took and I'd need others who are both stronger than me, and willing to wait for me a few times, even though most of the time I could keep it, and have the knowledge and skill to do the whole thing.
You are a fucking stud. Incredible ability to traverse and maintain your altitude across the suggested route. I am totally impressed.
Great video! Really enjoyed seeing the route and the midsummer colors. Well done on the challenging hike, man!
The flowers were amazing! I think we hit it just around peak colors. Spring comes late at 10k feet!
Nice documentary! Thanks for sharing! Brings back memories!
Thanks for the work on getting this posted. Very helpful as I prepare for Grouse Lake, State Lakes, Granite Lake trip in July.
that will be a gorgeous trip!!
New subscriber here. Great video! One of the best I have seen on the Sierra High Route. You had to deal with some serious weather on your trip. I have section hiked the SHR except for Snow Tongue Pass. Got to the top of it and decided it was too sketchy for me. That rock slide your friend triggered near the top was crazy. Reminded me of the rock slide I triggered (and became a part of) on the northwest side of Sky Pilot Col. Keep the videos coming!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I have a backlog of footage to edit, from the AZT in 21 and the Hayduke last fall! Someday I'll get around to it...
@@timothyhunt6089 having a backlog of videos is a good thing. Gives ya something to do when not hiking! 😉
Great vid!!! Love your humor and lighthearted approach.
PSA: do NOT lie down flat if you could be struck by lightning. Best to be balled up squatting on your toes. It may not have been close enough to worry in your case, but I just recently learned that ground current is way more likely to kill you if you're lying so I thought I'd spread the word. I believe that's NOAA info.
Shit that was one bad ass hike. Too bad your buddy couldn't finish. Im on my way out to find this book. Its officially on the list
The book was so helpful! I'm sure he'll be back to finish the route.
4:07 Ansel Adams shot a photo of Marion Lake from that exact perspective!
36:03 "nah that's chocolate, heh" 😂
Stoked for you guys. I've skied most of it back in the 80's. Alpine Col is better than Snow Tongue. PS How'd you find a girl up there?? ;) ps. Nice SlingFin lol. ;).
What tarp did you end up using? It looks pretty spacious for 2 ppls
@16:50 you can see Mount Humphreys in the distance. Do you have any idea how much total vertical you did on this hike?
I was wondering if you were going to comment on the ants of Marion Lake🤣
Awesome recap - ever since doing the JMT I've wanted to do the SHR. Did you ever feel during the trip that you'd never attempt this alone? Or did you have a different perspective after? Or no change?
I would have been nervous doing this alone since it was my first extended cross-country trip and I didn't really know what to expect in terms of the terrain. But now I would certainly feel comfortable doing it alone. I don't think I would do it by myself without a PLB or inreach, since a misstep or unstable talus could easily cause an immobilizing injury and waiting for someone to hike past you isn't an option.
Great video! Do you have a gear list/lighterpack I could check out? You don’t seem to have a ton of water capacity. Is water pretty available along the route? Were the bugs avoidable? I’m considering going with a tarp/bivy combo.
Here's my ligherpack! lighterpack.com/r/jwzs3d
I had a 1.5L bottle and a 700mL bottle. I can't speak for later season hikes but that was plenty for our trip. There was water every few miles at a minimum, and I rarely carried more than 1L at a time. I can't recall any long dry stretches. Bugs were really not bad on the whole, but we had a few nights with mosquitoes when we were really glad to have a bugproof shelter. Of course, winter 2019-2020 was extremely dry. I think the bugs would be much worse in July of a normal year.
Water in the Sierra is generally easy to find, even at the end of the season. Your longest water carry would be less distance than anything on the JMT with the exception being the white-red-gray pass area before Marion Lake, and the section after Duck Lake along Mammoth Crest to Reds Meadow. The bugs generally peter out by mid August. If it's a light snow year, they'll be gone even earlier. The worst bugs I experienced on SHR were between the Second Recess and Bighorn Pass.
I'm looking forward to hiking this year around the same time as you did! looks gnarly but beautiful. I'm assuming you did a resupply at Parcher's Resort?
Gnarly but beautiful is a very apt description of the route! We resupplied out of North Lake TH. South Lake Rd was closed for construction all season. We left our resupply in bear cans in a car at North Lake. We cleared it with the rangers, apparently there aren't any issues with bears breaking into cars there. Leaving a resupply at Parcher's would probably be the easiest option logistically, assuming the road is open next season.
@@timothyhunt6089 wow that's super good to know! thanks for the tip!
@@laurenarianaaa You bet! Caching food isn't allowed in the NF/Wilderness, so you'd need to leave your resupply in a car, which complicates things logistically but if you have enough vehicles in your group it was a pretty easy solution for us. It also helped that one of our group members was planning on leaving from North Lake anyway, so we didn't have to deal with that car at the end of the trip.
@@timothyhunt6089 Got it! one of my trail fam hiked the SHR last year and he said he just resupplied at Parcher's so I'm crossing my fingers I can just do that. Worst case scenario I'll leave my car there and have a friend who'll be guiding in Mammoth pick me up in Bridgeport and take me to my car at the end of the trip. Thanks for the heads up!
@Paul McFarlane Hey that's awesome! My friend from the PCT and I were actually planning on starting the 15th as well but couldn't get permits. So, we'll be starting on the 6th instead. I'm crossing my fingers that wont be too early of a start. I'm glad you mentioned the possible closure of the TM post office.I wasn't planning on resupplying there but I'll keep that tidbit in the back of my head when the time comes. Hope to see you out there :)
Nice one buddy great upload. Looks class we should support each others channels looks like we enjoy similar things