19/08/2019
Guys, Iâm planning a big, all-inclusive event through AdventureAide and if youâve never explored the eastern Sierra Nevada before, this is a good intro for you.
Not super intense, involves cooking classes, beer tasting, some hiking, pretty much the most incredible photography experiences in California, and a little mindfulness every day.
Take a look!
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Join me for a camping adventure to experience natureâs wonders of the eastern Sierra Nevada. Weâll start with a meetup in the Alabama Hills to stretch our legs and adjust to the altitude change a little bit before we go camp at Big Pine Lakes for 3 nights! Expect cooking classes, beer tasting in nearby Bishop, fall foliage leaf-peeping, some local Paiute legends, and embracing life at 8,000 feet! The coup de grace? Hiking to the Big Pine Lakes!
Day 1
⢠Meet up at the Alabama Hills and do some exploring
⢠Head into Big Pine and get to our campgrounds, familiarize ourselves with our surroundings and start getting to know each other
⢠Have an awesome cooking class and campfire dinner
Day 2
⢠Do a morning warm-up and gratitude exercise
⢠Have some bomb locally roasted mountain coffee
⢠Light breakfast
⢠A little session on how to adjust to altitude and the effects of high-altitude on food prep and cooking
⢠Do some local leaf-peeping in Round Valley or Aspendell, and maybe catch the elk migration
⢠Head into Bishop and hit a brewery (first flight included!) and then go to the famous Schattâs BakkerĂż
⢠Campfire cooking class (tri-tip and roasted veggies)
⢠Games and nicknames, maybe singing songs
Day 3
⢠Wake up and warmup and meditation
⢠Some more of that incredible mountain coffee and a few local Paiute stories
⢠Breakfast cooking class
⢠Prep lunch and pack for day hike
⢠Hike into the Big Pine Lakes, and brave the cold water for a polar plunge (weather depending)
⢠Warm ourselves by the fire and have dinner, play games, and be musical
Day 4
⢠Wake up and be grateful!
⢠Warmup with coffee
⢠You donât have to go home, but you do have to leave. Iâll give you some great ideas of activities to do so you can stretch out your trip a little longer and explore our great state.
Packing list:
⢠Tent, sleeping bag, and sleeping pad or cot
⢠Layers, people! Layers!
⢠Sturdy probably waterproof hiking boots
⢠A hat of some kind for the sun, and for cold weather
⢠sunglasses, gloves
⢠field or pocket knife, or multi-tool.
⢠any musical instrument of your choice (within reason, no glockenspiels please)
⢠a sense of humor and adventure
⢠any extra snacks
PS â itâs real. Just booked the campgrounds on Friday. Start planning your time off. This is happening.