This trip is something I've wanted to do for a long time. I'm glad I waited until this year. I had an incomplete vision of what was possible and what would work for me. Two trip reports helped. One from Peaks for Freaks and the other, a Flickr album by Craig Taylor opened my eyes to how much more there was than just getting to Hell for Sure Lake and Pass. Indeed.
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THE SMALL TARNS WHERE THE GODDARD BENCH ACTUALLY BEGINS
LOOKING NORTH TO REINSTEIN PASS FROM THE GODDARD BENCH
LATE AFTERNOON WALKING NORTH ON THE GODDARD BENCH
LOOKING SOUTH INTO THE HEART OF KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK FROM THE GODDARD BENCH
PREPPING FOR RAMEN WITH SOMETHING A BIT MORE TASTY
THE SUN HAS ARRIVED. MORNING DAY 5
EARLY MORNING WALKING ALONG THE GODDARD BENCH
EARLY MORNING WALKING ALONG THE GODDARD BENCH
EARLY MORNING WALKING ALONG THE GODDARD BENCH
STARTING THE MELLOW ASCENT TO REINSTEIN PASS
THE SLOW RISE TO REINSTEIN PASS
MORNING VIEW OF BIBAY PEAK FROM GODDARD BENCH
THE GODDARD BENCH JUST NEVER SEEMS TO END
AFTER AND END AROUND TO THE LEFT THE LAST SECTION OF SCRAMBLING TO REINSTEIN PASS
LOOKING NORTH FROM REINSTEIN PASS
MORE OF MARTHA LAKE AND MT GODDARD FROM REINSTEIN PASS
ANOTHER VIEW OF MARTHA LAKE AND GODDARD CANYON RUNNING NORTH
THE ONLY BLEMISH ON A REALLY GOOD DAY IS THE NEED TO GET THRU THIS
PICKING UP THE OLD TRAIL TO MARTHA LAKE AS I HEAD NORTH TO THE JCT WITH THE HELL FOR SURE PASS TRAIL
LAST BIT OF MEADOW AS I AM ABOUT TO ENTER THE FOREST IN GODDARD CANYON
VIEW NORTH DOWN THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER FROM THE 'HELL FOR SURE PASS' TRAIL
LATE AFTERNOON VIEW FROM THE HELL FOR SURE PASS TRAIL
CAMPSITE AT THE END OF DAY 5
SUNSET VIEW OF GODDARD AND DRAINAGE FROM DAVIS LAKES
EARLY MORNING SUN ON DAY 6
LOOKING BACK AT THE LITTLE BIT OF FOREST WHERE I STAYED THE NIGHT BEFORE
FIRST GOOD LOOK AT THE PASS AS FOREST GIVES WAY TO MEADOW
GETTING CLOSE TO THE TOP OF HELL FOR SURE PASS
LOOKING DOWN INTO GODDARD CANYON FROM NEAR THE TOP OF HELL FOR SURE PASS
LOOKING BACK INTO GODDARD CANYON FROM THE TOP OF 'HELL FOR SURE PASS'
DESCENDING FROM HELL FOR SURE PASS TO THE LAKE OF THE SAME NAME
CAMPSITE DAY 6 AT HORSESHOE LAKE
MT HUTTON AND HORSESHOE LAKE AT THE END OF DAY 6
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VIEW OF MT HUTTON AND HORSESHOE LAKE
THE INSIDE OF THE HORSESHOE