Connecting the Lost Sierra
July 13, 2022 This is a food blog now. No, no, just kidding. But when you are able to bikepack from town to town, you end up eating. A lot. But before getting into our trip report, a resounding thank you to the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship who has been working tirelessly on the Connected Communities project. That was really the motivation for this route, and these connections are only going to get better and better as time goes on. Linking these communities through the mountains of the Lost Sierra, no matter how or why you do it, is something special. Last summer we needed a quick and semi-local trip to satisfy our craving to get out in the woods after what felt like an endless year of moving (us and my mom) that could be routed and executed easily. Since we know the Lost Sierra area fairly well, it seemed like a solid destination to cover a couple hundred miles in just under a week. Also, since our route went through or stopped in a town each day, that meant we had to carry very