Onion Valley to Whitney Portal Loop (CA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 01:56pm
Description

Pete Kirkham posted the route:

43 mile loop from Onion Valley, over Kearsarge Pass, to the JMT south, over Forester Pass south to Crabtree Meadow and out over Trail Crest and down to Whitney Portal.

 

Mt Tallac (CA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 09:44am
Description

Mt Tallac (9735') is a popular day hike south of Lake Tahoe. http://www.tahoebackcountry.net/hiking/desolation/tallac.htm has a description. There are several possible routes, with the most logical being from the Mt Tallac TH and from the Glen Alpine TH.  Ascents of both of these have Strava segments:

Cone Peak (CA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 09:23am
Description

Stone Ridge is a spectacular 5.1 mile ascent to Cone Peak, with about 5k' of solid climbing, majority of which occurs at miles 2-4. The views on this trail are worth every step :)  

Brief description of Cone Peak from SummitPost:

Matanuska Peak (AK)

Submitted by pbakwin on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 09:14am
Description

Ross Henry posted the route:

Matanuska Peak in Palmer Alaska is one of the more prominent mountains in the area, and Alaska. According to Alaska.org. Elevation gain is: 5,670 feet. The round trip mileage is 8.2 miles. The start of the trail is on the south slope of lazy mountain and the trailhead is at then end of Smith Road. 

There has been a Strava thread going on here: www.strava.com/segments/9738584
But figured it is worth getting this on the FKT page.