Walk With Me Mindfully (V) - Đồng Hành Trong Chánh Niệm (V): Hành Trình đến Hồ Rae

Adventure Program / Chương Trình Dã Ngoại  

Walk With Me Mindfully V

Promoting outdoor activities / hiking / backpacking / meditation for the our youths, GĐPT and family members

Walk With Me Mindfully (V) 

 Đồng Hành Trong Chánh Niệm (V)

Hành Trình đến Hồ  Rae (Rae Lakes Trail)

What: Applying Buddhism and GĐPT principles and activities into the real life. 

Where: Rae Lake Trail 

When: July 8 - July 13, 2022

Why: For the love of outdoor, GĐPT, mindfulness, and Buddhism. This time it is for family bonding.

Coordinators: Htr. Tâm Định và Htr. Tâm Thường Định

Participants: Family members and friends

Space is very full.

Cost: Free of charge, but must have an open heart and mind, smile and kindness along with the ability to walk and breathe.  Contact: @PheBach

The Rae Lakes Loop is one of the most popular hikes in Sequoia and Kings Canyon, if not in the entire Sierra. The loop is 41.4 miles long, and climbs from 5035' (1535m) at the trailhead to 11,978' (3651m) at Glen Pass. High water at stream crossings can be a problem in May and early June. Glen Pass may be impassable to hikers until mid-late July and even later for stock. Because this is such a popular hike, there are certain restrictions along this trail:

• Camping in Lower Paradise Valley is permitted only in designated campsites. (See temporary closure)
• Camping in Paradise Valley is limited to two nights.
• Camping at Rae Lakes is limited to one night per lake.
• Camping at Charlotte Lake is limited to two nights.
• Bullfrog Lake, east of the trail between Vidette Meadow and Glen Pass, is closed to all camping, grazing and stock travel.
• There is a two night camping limit at Kearsarge Lakes (east of Bullfrog).
• Campfires are prohibited above 10,000' (3048m).
• Bears have been very active along this trail, and were successful at getting food that was hung in trees. Hikers are required to carry portable bear-resistant canisters.This has proved very successful at preventing bears from accessing food. (The permanent metal food-storage boxes are only for use by thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail and John Muir Trail.)

Distances Along the Rae Lakes Loop

Point	Miles from Road's End via Paradise	Miles from Road's End via Bubbs
Road's End	0	41.4
Paradise/Bubbs Jct.	1.9	39.5
Mist Falls (no camping)	3.9	37.5
Lower Paradise (first campsite )	5.7	35.7
Middle Paradise	6.8	34.6
Upper Paradise	10	31.3
Woods Creek Crossing	15.7	25.7
Dollar Lake	19.7	21.7
Rae Lakes	22.7	18.7
Glen Pass	24.6	16.8
Charlotte Lake Junction	26.7	14.7
Vidette Meadow	28.2	13.2
Junction Meadow	31.1	10.3
Charlotte Creek	33.9	7.5
Sphinx Junction (last campsite )	37.5	4.1
Paradise/Bubbs Jct.	39.4	1.9
Road's End	41.4	0.0

 

Looking out from Glen Pass - Ali Kim

Sources:

1. https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/rae-lakes-loop.htm

2. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/rae-lakes-trail