John muir trail fishing5/28/2023 From there we went over Selden Pass to Marie Lake and north toward Lake Edison cutting back to Florence Lake via Bear Creek Trail and out to Mono Hot Spring then back to our car at Florence Lakeĭay 1 at Florence Lake waiting for the water taxi to take us across Here's the map, stating at Florence Lake we took the water taxi across then hiked to Muir Trail Ranch and up the switchbacks on the PCT to Salley Keyes Lakes. I was, to say the least, apprehensive about my physical ability at 57 to do this trip, especially the initial 3200' elevation climb in, but I got in shape, lost some weight beforehand and modernized my gear cutting it's weight substantially compared to my old backpacking kit. I had done this trip myself over 25 years ago and wanted my adult son to see it, I wanted to see it again too. The weather was perfect and the fishing for Golden Trout was spectacular. My son, a friend of his and I did a 5 day backpack fishing trip in the John Muir Wilderness on the Pacific Crest Trail last month, 45 mile round trip starting/finishing at Florence Lake.
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