A seriously over ambitious plan was quickly reconciled with reality and morphed into a nice 5 day trip to Nine Lakes Basin and back. Nights 2 and 3 were fabulous examples of being in the right place at the right time. The original plan would have seen me in the forest both these nights. I'm felling pretty lucky about that. The lesson learned on this trip was that I need to lighten my load if I'm going to keep doing these trips.
EVENING LIGHT ON EAGLE SCOUT PEAK
EVENING LIGHT ON PEAK OVER BY LONELY LAKE AND ELIZABETH PASS
EVENING LIGHT ON THE ENTIRE VALHALLA REGION
THE LAST OF THE EVENING SUN AND EAGLE SCOUT PEAK
SUNSET OVER THE VAHALLA REGION IN SEQUOIA NAT PARK
SUNSET OVER CAMPSITE AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE
MORNING DAY 3, CAMPSITE AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE
BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER PRECIPICE LAKES
DAY THREE - THE TRAIL ABOVE PRECIPICE LAKE
ENTERING THE SUBLIME UPPER SECTION OF THE TRAIL - THE LAST HALF MILE TO KAWEAH GAP
LOOKING BACK AT EAGLE SCOUT PEAK
LOOKING SOUTH TO THE BIG ARROYO FROM NINE LAKES BASIN
THE MAIN DRAINAGE COMING OUT OF NINE LAKES BASIN
NINE LAKES BASIN FROM THE TRAIL NEAR KAWEAH GAP
MELLOW SWITCHBACKS ON THE TRAIL JUST BELOW KAWEAH GAP
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BIG ARROYO FROM KAWEAH GAP
CAMPSITE JUST BELOW KAWEAH GAP ON THE WEST SIDE
ANOTHER VIEW OF CAMPSITE JUST BELOW KAWEAH GAP ON THE WEST SIDE
ONE OF MANY SMALL TARNS ON THE WEST SIDE OF KAWEAH GAP
BLACK KAWEAH AS SEEN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF KAWEAH GAP
EVENING LIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE OF KAWEAH GAP
CAMPSITE JUST OFF THE TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE OF KAWEAH GAP
ANOTHER VIEW OF CAMPSITE JUST OFF THE TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE OF KAWEAH GAP
LATE DAY SUN ON WEST SIDE OF KAWEAH GAP
SUNSET ON BLACK KAWEAH
SUNSET ON A SUB PEAK OF EAGLE SCOUT PEAK
SUNSET SNOW COVERED ROCKS
SUNSET ON BLACK KAWEAH
LAST LIGHT OF THE DAY OVER THE BIG ARROYO FROM KAWEAH GAP
DRYING OUT AFTER A BIG FROST
TRYIING TO ENJOY THE SHORT BUT WONDERFUL SECTION OF THE TRAIL
CAMPER AT PRECIPICE LAKE
MORE OF A WINTERY LOOK TO PRECIPICE LAKE
THE TUNNEL SECTION OF THE TRAIL
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TUNNEL SECTION OF THE TRAIL