This is the schedule I am thinking.
Sunday August 27: Meet at the gas station in Shaver Lake to top off fuel at 7:30 am. Leave at 8am for Dusy Ershim Courtright end. Go over Chicken Rock and Camp at Thompson Lake.
Monday August 28: Pack camp and go Thompson Lake to Ershim Lake and setup camp.
Tuesday August 29: Pack camp and go Ershim Lake to end of trail. Top off fuel/ice in Lakeshore or Shaver. Go to Mirror Lake or West lake and setup camp.
Wednesday August 30: Pack camp and finish or run all of Mirror. Depending on time maybe go in and out to Strawberry. Go to Coyote and setup camp.
Thursday August 31: Pack camp and come out Coyote. Get supplies if needed in Shaver and then run Brewer and Camp at Brewer Lake.
Friday September 1: Pack camp and come out of Brewer and go to the North end of Swamp. Wheel to Swamp Lake and setup camp.
Saturday September 2: Pack camp and Finish Swamp lake. Depending on the time and how everyone feels we could run up to the top of Bald on the way out of Swamp. Air up and head home.
What do you think? This has the potential to hit every trail in the mountains except Spanish. Spanish has been closed the last few years due to a wild fire that heavily damaged the area. I doubt it will be open.
A few things to keep in mind with this schedule.
Every night of camping is at a lake.
Currently every camp site listed except West (if we camp there) has a pit toilet available for use. There may be one there by the time this trip happens.
We more then likely will be under camp fire restrictions as we have been the last few years. This means no wood fires or cooking with Charcoal. A propane fire ring and cook stove can be used with a fire permit. I have a propane fire pit I carry with me. I can get roughly 3-5 days out of a 20lb bbq tank. I get it topped off before I leave. Depending on the size of the group it would be nice to have one more fire ring and 2 tanks per ring for the trip.
I will keep adding to the thread as I think of things.