Fred Weyman
Wales Lake
My long off-trail hike in Sequoia National Park past Wales Lake (11,700 ft.) up to Tulainyo Lake wasn't the only time that I used orienteering skills learned from my brother Eric, a four time U.S. orienteering champion. The high country's open visibility and surprising interconnection of easily hikeable terrain makes off trail route-finding an enjoyable experience. I was fortunate to make it back to the distant forest before an early afternoon hailstorm forced me into a tight grove.
The Great Western Divide is the distant ridge and the long slope on the right is Mt Bernard's western ridge.
Wales Lake
My long off-trail hike in Sequoia National Park past Wales Lake (11,700 ft.) up to Tulainyo Lake wasn't the only time that I used orienteering skills learned from my brother Eric, a four time U.S. orienteering champion. The high country's open visibility and surprising interconnection of easily hikeable terrain makes off trail route-finding an enjoyable experience. I was fortunate to make it back to the distant forest before an early afternoon hailstorm forced me into a tight grove.
The Great Western Divide is the distant ridge and the long slope on the right is Mt Bernard's western ridge.