This week we had just five Geezers, Loren Gray, Sherm, Vern, Glenn and Larry, and one guest, Joseph (Larry's son-in-law). Perhaps the name Lovers Leap, or elevation gain discouraged some of the regulars or perhaps many were on vaction, who knows? Lovers Leap is in the Camp Sacramento/Twin Bridges area. The trailhead started at Strawberry on the south side of Rte 50 and went about 2 miles east to the top of Lovers Leap. There was an elevation gain from about 5800ft to 6944ft, about 1150 feet with patchy snow on the trail. Note the picture of the perfect snow bridge. As a bridge engineer, Sherm noticed it had all the requirements to be an arch bridge as all aspects of the bridge were natures best. If you didn't go on the hike, can you guess who belongs to the legs in the last photo??
Also included is a photo of Lovers Leap from the bottom. Vern showed us the base where he rock climbs. After seeing lovers leap from here, Sherm's interest in rock climbing was confirmed.
It was a great day of hiking the group rated it as a moderate hike.
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