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Mammoth Trip, 2019

September 19

Bristlecone Forest

Stella took the morning shift driving. It was a two-hour drive, and as we started, gobs of snow crept up the windshield and got batted aside by the wipers. We dropped in elevation from 2400 m to 1265 m in Bishop, and it got summerly warm, and then we drove up the mountain to the park headquarters at 3000 m. For the hike, we put on long-fingered gloves and warm head gear. It was really cold!

We'll descend to about 2900 m and then climb to 3100 m.