Must comment on the brilliantly colored lichens adorning the rocks at tbe nipple. Pretty dang cool. Nice features today. Happy ftrail magic, something no seen in a while. Glad you all found each other at days end. Thanks and best...pops

Awesome! Thank you the view is amazing!

Another beauty of a day, thanks for the views!

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Carson pass isnt the most rugged pass but its high enough to have some alpine scenery, good lakes and if you hit it right the flowers are spectacular. Its actually my favorite Tahoe pass although Mt Rose summit is also very pretty. Treeline is alittle lower further north and even though Carson pass is only alittle over 8,000 feet it looks just as alpine as some of the 9,000 and 10,000 foot passes in the southern sierra.

In my neck of the woods. ENJOY my backyard

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Lovely place y'got here!!

Really like the music on this one. Beautiful as always.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@pauliedavis49

11 ай бұрын

Agree! Off to sound hound!

That view is spectacular.. thanks.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Happy to be able to share them with you!!

I wanted to revisit this video since I drove to a nearby campsite at Wet Meadows Reservoir near Indian Valley about a month after you were there. I took my family and we couldn't stand the mosquitos more than a single night. To top it off, there were fire restrictions, and there was an ear-tagged bear walking past our camp after it was all set up. The howling coyotes didn't help either. The views from this area can't be beat! Timing the mosquito hatches can't be possible in your case, but I can see why you start early while most blood suckers are still sleeping.

@travelinbeat

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm sorry to hear about the mosquitos you encountered, but honestly all the other things sound pretty cool to me!!

I used to take students backpacking around Frog Lake, Elephant's Back and Round Top Lake. Beautiful area...Great area for wildflowers.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

WONDERFUL flowers out here!!

Some of my old stomping grounds back in the 70 and 80 is. Carson pass and moke wilderness area

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Beautiful area!!

my name is in that box, about a half a dozen times.... Spectacular!!

@vickihubach4388

10 ай бұрын

and btw, in the shot of you at the Carson Pass Management area sign, that was Elephant's Back in the background....

@travelinbeat

10 ай бұрын

Awesome!! I hadn't realized that that's Elephants Back! Thanks for pointing that out!

Incredible views! Thanks! I will never let “Shade” live down her new trail name Bravo Lima - awesome stuff!

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Excellent!! I'm thrilled that that name will live on!!!

Thanks for the view dedication Beat! Gorgeous, best one so far. Loved the flowers, lichen and camping spot. Bet the Milky Way is spectacular. Yes, you said my name right. Fine-hout. Sounds like “house”.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Fine-HOUT like HOUSE, got it, thank you so much! (And thank you again for the donation!!)

Such an amazing view!! The lake, the 360 degree aspect. Thoroughly enjoying each and every post.

When I open an ammo box from now on, I will always think of nipple mountain and what it contained? Fantastically beautiful panoramic shot

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Hahaha

That was a great day! Outstanding views !

We ride dirt bikes on that section of trail alot. Going to inspect it this weekend

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Aren't bikes barred from PCT?

@travisk5589

11 ай бұрын

@@travelinbeat hmm. never looked into it.

Usually in a lower snow year that area is loaded with wildflowers-some 5 -6 ft tall on the hike up to showers lake out of Carson Pass.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Jeez!! And here I was impressed by what I saw!!

@kevinfarrell329

11 ай бұрын

Similar just north of Ebbets Pass, lots of boggy meadows and wildflowers. That stretch from Ebbets to Carson is a sweet little 2-3 day section hike.

Glad you guys reunited with Shade! I was wondering what happened to her. Beat (as in, not the vegetable 😉😄), you have the dubious distinction of being the first thru hiker on my first day volunteering at the Carson Pass Station.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

What a profound honor!! It was wonderful to stop and visit you guys, you took such great care of us and I really appreciate you!!

Gorgeous views, what a spectacular day! Loved seeing the wildflowers, reminded me of the (way!) earlier PCT videos. Hope there were some trail magic goodies left for Bravo (Brava?!) Lima when she arrived! Great and powerful indeed! A beautiful day, thanks for sharing.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the desert too!! So astonishing to me to see the same types of flowers way so far away from the desert!!

Was that a geocache on top of The Nipple? As for the name being silly, I tend to feel that seeing three Tetons lined up in the Rockies is quite a bit sillier ... but ... then ... maybe I just don't understand the French psyche ... 🤔 Sorry for the silliness. I was very happy to hear your glowing report of the area at video's end. I got the feeling that you discovered that same sense of enchantment that has led me to babble previously about this region. In the High Sierra, the mountains were gracious. They let you pass. But in the Carson-Iceberg, the mountains are embracing you. Indeed, they are whispering: "We've been waiting for you. What took you so long to get here?"

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Lovely thought, Richard, thank you!!

@richardinjapan4578

11 ай бұрын

@@travelinbeat You're welcome. Are you in the Cascades now (the Sierra/Cascade transition is in the climb out of Belden)?

@kevinfarrell329

11 ай бұрын

Probably had a sign in book at the peak? There's another one at the peak of (I think) Mt. Reynolds a ways back on the same section.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

@kevinfarrell329 yes it was an ammo can for the log book

Another fantastic video!

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Coming from a military background and having used the phenetic alphabet extensively, I love the Bravo Lima trail name. Those who know the story will know exactly what that stands for. Happy it turned out well too!

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Haha, yeah I like that it kinda sounds like "Ballerina" too!

Kind of scary climbs you have

Dude, nothing is “unfortunate” where you all are! Enjoyed the video, too cool. I like the nipple, I’m going to check it out.

@travelinbeat

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, fair point!

Go to round top peak and you will see Tahoe