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>call ranger station
>recommends us a trail
>drive out for a 1 nighter
>get there and they have Somone at the parking lot taking money
>tells us we can’t backpack there
>wtf
>drive to the ranger station to find somewhere to go
>ranger tells us it was fine to backpck there but it sucks ass
>sends us to another better trail
>tells us it’s 30 mins out
>drive 30 mins roads closed
>take 2 hour detor
>foggy as fuck one lane two way road
>get there and have to hike 2 miles in
>trail is barely existent
>can’t even follow the trail because no trail to follow
>no maps of it
>fuck this set up camp
>friend starts freaking out because it’s gona rain
>wtf who cares that’s cozy
>starts hailing and thunder
>friend insists we drive 5 hours home at night in the hail foggy as fuck in thunder
>fuck it whatever shits a bad omen
>hike back out
>drive home pissed as fuck
>go to yosemity the next day and chill there still pissed
I’m a transplant from a better out state but the logistics of backpacking in California is trash
No information online
Maps are shit
Need a permit for everywear
College kids at the ranger station don’t know shit