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lambertiana said:
TedV - How does that MSR E-House hold up to heavy rain? What do you use for a floor? Does it keep the mosquitoes at bay? Are there significant condensation issues inside?
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Heavy Rain: Have not experienced it, but judging from the materials used, it should be more then fine. The nylon is thicker then on the average light weight tent, and it is coated.

Floor: It comes without a floor so it depends on what other stuff you're carrying. I often carry a thin piece of plastic of 2x2m. A sleeping mat, rain coat, bivvy bag etc. could work as well.

Mosquitoes: There is no no-see-um netting, so you'll need to close all zippers. Given that the flaps on the outside are layed out properly, I don't think many mosquitoes will come in.

Condensation: Since there is no ventilation option, other then the horizontal zip, I guess condensation will be an issue, especially if you don't have anything to cover the floor.

I hope that that answers your questions. :)
 
As I wait for the snow to melt in the high country, I have to rely on older pictures...
Mineral Peak from Upper Monarch Lake, Sequoia NP
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Looking across Upper Monarch Lake, Sequoia NP. Plenty of pan-size brookies here.
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How cold is the water there? It makes me want to jump right in. Also, how is the weather in late August? I may be able to make it over there after my summer job.
 
Atticus_1354 said:
How cold is the water there? It makes me want to jump right in. Also, how is the weather in late August? I may be able to make it over there after my summer job.
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That particular lake is at 10,600', and in normal snow years the ice melts off by early July. It is never very warm. This year the snowpack around Mineral King was about 85% of normal, so it may be ice free by the end of June. August weather in Sequoia/Kings Canyon is generally really nice. At that elevation, daytime temps of about 65 would be the norm, although it feels warmer with the intense sunlight (both direct and reflected from the pale granite). In August, it is normally sunny and clear, although occasionally some tropical moisture gets blown in from the south, resulting in occasional thunderstorms. And by August the mosquitos are pretty much gone.

There are plenty of high lakes like this in the Sierras; I really like the ones in the 9000-11,600' elevation range. If you look back through this thread, I have posted pictures of quite a few of them.

If you like to fish, some of the lakes are real hotspots where you pretty much catch one on every cast. I even saw one spot where all you had to do was dangle the lure a few inches above the water and the trout would jump out to grab it. Depending on location, it can be brook, rainbow, volcano creek golden, little kern golden (beautiful fish!), or brown trout.
 
lambertiana said:
I even saw one spot where all you had to do was dangle the lure a few inches above the water and the trout would jump out to grab it. Depending on location, it can be brook, rainbow, volcano creek golden, little kern golden (beautiful fish!), or brown trout.
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I have not been there, though I wish I had, after seeing your images.

But, I have seen a trout do that.

Marion
 
Views from the top of Sawtooth Peak, Sequoia NP. Both of them were taken during the first week of July in different years. The first was a year with about 40% average snowpack, and the second from a year with 200% average snowpack.
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baldtaco-II said:
You're so head and shoulders above all comers on this convey a sense of wilderness thing now.

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As time goes by I find that I am more and more interested in finding true wilderness. I try to find routes that few others use, and when I am on backpacking trips with friends who want to go places that are popular (meaning you see more than one or two other people in a day) I just grin and bear it. There is still plenty of wilderness even in California, where you can go and not see any other people for days on end.

That Parkay Maps website that you linked needs to add a little-known trail in the Sierras that parallels the John Muir Trail but stays more in the middle elevations. It sees very little traffic. Look up the Theodore Solomon Trail. You won't find much information about it.
 
Angel Wing from below and west, High Sierra Trail, Sequoia NP
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Angel Wing from above and east, High Sierra Trail, Sequoia NP
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lambertiana said:
As time goes by I find that I am more and more interested in finding true wilderness. I try to find routes that few others use, and when I am on backpacking trips with friends who want to go places that are popular (meaning you see more than one or two other people in a day) I just grin and bear it. There is still plenty of wilderness even in California, where you can go and not see any other people for days on end.
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lambertiana said:
As time goes by I find that I am more and more interested in finding true wilderness. I try to find routes that few others use, and when I am on backpacking trips with friends who want to go places that are popular (meaning you see more than one or two other people in a day) I just grin and bear it. There is still plenty of wilderness even in California, where you can go and not see any other people for days on end.
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Well said.
 
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