#photography
3 trips tagged “photography”
photography backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 3 California backpacking routes tagged photography, ranging from 8.5 to 15.8 miles with 2,683–7,086 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 27/100 (Moderate) on Rush Creek to Thousand Island Lake 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.
Rush Creek to Thousand Island Lake
This out-and-back climbs the Rush Creek drainage from the June Lake Loop to Thousand Island Lake, a granite-bound alpine basin at the foot o…
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…