Join day-hikers, or peak baggers, as they hike close to 15 miles for just over 12 hours to try and bag 10,936-foot Highland Peak and 10,772-foot Silver Peak just over the border of Stanislaus National Forest and in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, in California, in September 2024. (Video, photos, and narration by Paul Wade, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region).
Please Recreate Responsibly and Know Before You Go with these links:
peakbagger.com
summitpost.org
ohv.parks.ca.gov
forecast.weather.gov
mountain-forecast.com
quickmap.dot.ca.gov.
For more tips, tricks, how-to on peakbagging, or just to watch someone struggle to discover these amazing backcountry high points, search "Hiking Mokelumne Peak" or "Hiking Whittakers Dardanelles" or "Peak Bagger Series" as we continue to bag peaks throughout the years.
• Peak Bagger Series: Granite Chief, Needle and Lyon peaks
• Peak Bagger Series: Wheeler Benchmark and Peak 9115
• Peak Bagger Series: Sardine Peak
• Peak Bagger Series: Carson Pass to Luther Pass (Red Lake, Stevens and Waterhouse peaks)
• Peak Bagger Series: Whittakers Dardanelles
• Peak Bagger Series: Mokelumne Peak