#eastern-sierra
6 trips tagged “eastern-sierra”
eastern-sierra backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 6 California backpacking routes tagged eastern-sierra, ranging from 6 to 13.5 miles with 1,242–7,086 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 20/100 (Moderate) on Little Lakes Valley up to 46/100 (Strenuous) on Big Pine Lakes, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 7,086 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Inyo National Forest, and the months most of them share are July, August, September. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
Little Lakes Valley
Little Lakes Valley is a chain of emerald lakes threaded beneath the 13,000-foot granite spires of Bear Creek Spire and Mount Morgan, reache…
Piute Pass to Humphreys Basin
Piute Pass is Bishop's granite doorway: 3.5 miles to Lock Leven's camp and 2,000 feet of climbing over the 11,400-foot pass into Humphreys B…
Bishop Pass to Dusy Basin
Bishop Pass is the shortest route to Dusy Basin, a lake-dotted granite plateau at 11,000 feet beneath Mount Agassiz — 3 miles to Long Lake a…
Kearsarge Pass to Kearsarge Lakes
Kearsarge Pass is the eastern Sierra's most beautiful crossing: 3.5 miles from Onion Valley to Flower Lake's camp, then over the 11,700-foot…
Sabrina Basin
Sabrina Basin is Bishop's classic two-day trip: a 4.25-mile climb from Lake Sabrina past a chain of blue lakes to a high granite bench benea…
Big Pine Lakes
Big Pine Lakes is the classic Palisades backpack: a steady 6.75-mile climb from Glacier Lodge past turquoise lakes to Sam Mack Meadow, in th…