Sept 2015. After the stormy spring left me feeling like I hadn't accomplished much I made plans for a fall trip where I could experience the range without concern for snow. Arriving in Lone Pine after the drive over from Vegas, I found the whole Owens Valley full of haze and smoke. Next morning I drove around to the west side and made the hot drive up to Wolverton and what I hoped would be better vistas south and west of the Rough Fire. Other than a 24hr stretch of haze and grey skies, things worked out pretty well.
SUNSET ON HORN PEAK
SUNSET ON HORN PEAK
SUNSET SKIES FROM LONELY LAKE
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT THE ONLY WATER HOLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
EARLY MORNING VIEW SOUTH PAST LONELY LAKE
LONELY LAKE THE NEXT MORNING ON MY WAY TO HORN COL
ANOTHER VIEW OF LONELY LAKE THE NEXT MORNING
HORN COL FROM A DISTANCE
THE CLASSIC VIEW WHEN CROSSING HORN COL
NEXT OBJECTIVE: COPPERMINE PASS
LOOKING BACK AT HORN PEAK AND COL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAVERSE TO COPPERMINE PASS
FIRST OF THREE VIEWS OF THE UNIQUE FORMATION AND THE VIEW DOWN INTO DEADMAN CANYON
SECOND OF THREE VIEWS OF THE UNIQUE FORMATION AND THE VIEW DOWN INTO DEADMAN CANYON
LAST OF THREE VIEWS OF THE UNIQUE FORMATION AND THE VIEW DOWN INTO DEADMAN CANYON
ANOTHER VIEW OF COPPERMINE PASS FROM MIDWAY ACROSS UPPER DEADMAN CANYON
UPPER DEADMAN CANYON
APPROXIMATE LINE TAKEN NEAR THE TOP OF COPPERMINE PASS
THE OTHER COPPERMINE PASS
LAST STEPS TO COPPERMINE PASS
THE EAST SIDE OF COPPERMINE PASS
GLACIER LAKE FROM THE START OF THE TRAVERSE FROM COPPERMINE PASS
APPROXIMATE PLACE WHERE I CROSSED COPPERMINE PASS
AGE, ANKLES AND SCREE ... PERHAPS A RE-THINK MIGHT BE A WISE IDEA
AFTER A LITTLE ENGINEERING, A CAMPSITE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LION LAKE PASS
SMALL TARN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LION LAKE PASS
CAMPSITE VIEW DOWN CLOUD CANYON FROM SMALL TARN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LION LAKE PASS
NORTH GUARD AND BREWER FROM LION LAKE PASS
STORM SUNSET AT LION LAKE PASS
ANOTHER SUNSET VIEW FROM LION LAKE PASS
SHORT RISE TO LION LAKE PASS
SUNRISE AT MY CAMPSITE AT LION LAKE PASS
MORNING SUN FROM THE TOP OF CLOUD CANYON
CLOUD CANYON FROM THE TOP OF LION LAKE PASS
LION ROCK PASS FROM THE TOP OF LION LAKE PASS
LOOKING DOWN AT LION LAKE AND THE UNKNOWN DESCENT TO TAMARACK LAKE