Kings River/Mather Pass junction to Kings River camping area over Mather Pass
Mileage: 15.5 miles (24.9 km), total 160.3 miles (258.0 km)
Today was a super hard day over Mather Pass. We packed up nice and early this morning as we knew we would have a tough day and we wanted to take it slow and steady through Deer Meadow and up the first part of the climb through the Golden Staircase.
The day started with a gentle climb up the lower part of the valley. This was a really pleasant relaxing walk ahead of what we knew would get considerably harder as we progressed.
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