July 31, 2016

Still recovering from the overnight ride, we slept in and had a lazy morning at the campground. The ladies went over their gear and pack organization once more before we broke camp. We arrived at the trailhead at 9:00am.

Sadie's plan for their hike gave us a pretty flat and relaxed first day. We would be following a small creek up through Lyell Canyon all day. The weather was perfect and we took it slow with lots of breaks to combat any potential blisters. We stopped early afternoon for a quick dunk in the creek and lunch.

Perfect swimming hole

Early afternoon the trail began to climb up towards Bishop Pass. We saved the majority of the climb for the following morning and set up camp at Lyell Fork.