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.
WATERFALL AND ANGEL WINGS
BACK AT THE BRIDGE OVER PINE CREEK GORGE
THE RESILIENCE AND DETERMINATION OF TREES
LOOKING BACK AT VAHALLA ON THE WAY TO BEARPAW MEADOW
GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE AND HAMILTON DOMES FROM BEARPAW MEADOW
LATE DAY SUN ON UN-NAMED DOME ABOVE BUCK CREEK
HAZY MORNING VIEW OF CASTLE ROCK REGION FROM HIGH SIERRA TRAIL
HIGH SIERRA TRAIL ON THE WAY OUT
KINGS CANYON NAT PARK ENTRANCE STATION