From August 7-10, 2012 Clara and I backpacked the Rae Lakes Loop in Kings Canyon National Park. The trip took us from the base of the canyon at 5,000 feet in elevation up Woods Creek to the brilliant Rae Lakes Basin and over Glen Pass, just below 12,000 feet. After descending Glen Pass, we looped down Bubbs Creek back to the base of the canyon, following, essentially, an old trail that natives from either side of the Sierras used to cross the great range in order to trade. In the high country above the Woods and Bubbs Creek trails we ... (more)