When we hiked at Bassi Falls last weekend of course we also climbed to the top of the falls! A trip to Bassi Falls isn't complete without hoofing it up through the forest to the edge of the granite ridge, then scrambling up the bare slickrock. The views at the top make it all worth it.

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I've sticked together this video, just under 2 minutes, from a ( Read more... )

Last Saturday we went to Bassi Falls... again. It's again because we cut short our trip 6 weeks earlier when Hawk got injured on the trail.

It's kind of a thing with us that when we lose an opportunity to do something, whether because of weather, or injury, or not having planned far enough ahead, we don't just say "Oh, well" and forget about it. ( Read more... )

This past Saturday morning we headed up to Bassi Falls up in the Sierra Nevada. The drive was pleasantly short at about 60 miles. We knocked out the majority of the driving from home with our Friday Night Halfway to FolsomWhile Bassi Falls was the main event for the day, getting there was part of the fun. The journey is part of the adventure. This ( Read more... )

What comes after Friday Night Halfway? Would you believe Saturday Night Halfway? After driving to Folsom last night, halfway to Bassi Falls today (okay, it was mathematically more than halfway), this afternoon we drove from near Bassi Falls to Madera, California.

"What's Madera halfway to?" might be one of your questions.
"And where even is Madera ( Read more... )

Last night we drove to Folsom, California, halfway to Bassi Falls. Yes, that's the same as we did 6 weeks ago. We're doing it again! Why? Because six weeks ago we had to bail out early when Hawk got hurt. Plus, Bassi Falls is beautiful. It doesn't hurt to see it twice. And we'll finish the rest of the trip, with a few other hikes, we intended to do ( Read more... )

One of the fun parts of visiting Bassi Falls (previous blog, with more pictures) is scrambling up the granite ridge to the top of the falls. Some people think to climb up the prominent rock face to its right. That's just barely possible in low flow years. In a super high flow year like this, nobody was even trying. It's obvious folly ( Read more... )

Saturday we hiked to Bassi Falls. Yeah, we got a later start than we intended (previous blog) but that would be okay. There's plenty of daylight this time of year. We'd be able to enjoy the falls for a while and then try a few other short hikes in the area. And after it all we're not even going all the way home. We're following up last night's ( Read more... )

Folsom, California. A suburb of Sacramento. It's where you go if you've shot a man in Reno, according to a famous Johnny Cash song... or, in our case, when we're staying halfway between hither and yon on a Friday night.

The past few weekends have been taking-it-easy, stay-mostly-around-home weekends. Taking it easy has been nice, especially after 6 weeks of heavy travel, but relaxing gets dull after a while. I like to go places and do things ( Read more... )

Eldorado National Forest, California
Friday, 16 Jul 2021. 3:30pm.

For as short a hike as Bassi Falls is I'm partly surprised my blogging about our visit this year has stretched to 3 entries. I'm also partly not surprised because for such a short hike Bassi is pretty darn epic. During our first visit in 2017 we caught "granite fever" here. Well, this ( Read more... )