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HIGH SIERRA: TABLELANDS : Tablelands to Lion Lake Pass ~ Sept 25 - Oct 1, 2015(115) images

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.  

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

GETTING CLOSER TO LION LAKE

TYPICAL OF THE TERRAIN GETTING DOWN TO LION LAKE

TAMARACK LAKE FROM THE MEADOWS ON THE WEST SIDE OF LION LAKE

TAMARACK LAKE FROM THE MEADOWS ON THE WEST SIDE OF LION LAKE

STARTING THE DESCENT TO TAMARACK LAKE

TAMARACK LAKE

DRAMATIC SETTING ON THE WAY DOWN TO TAMARACK LAKE

LOOKING DOWN THE BROKEN GROUND THAT GETS YOU THRU THE FIRST CLIFFBAND

LOOKING BACK UP AT THE TOP CLIFFBAND

THE GORGE THROUGH THE LOWER CLIFFBAND

LATE AFTENOON VIEW OF THE HEADWALL AND CLIFFBANDS

SABER RIDGE AND OTHER PEAKS FROM THE CLIFFBAND ABOVE TAMARACK LAKE

SABER RIDGE AND OTHER PEAKS FROM THE MEADOW ABOVE TAMARACK LAKE

EVENING VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE OF MT STEWART

EVENING IN THE BASIN ABOVE TAMARACK LAKE

EVENING VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE OF MT STEWART

EVENING VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE OF MT STEWART

EVENING LIGHT ON THE INTERESTING CLIFFBAND ABOVE TAMARACK LAKE

EVENING LIGHT ON THE INTERESTING CLIFFBAND ABOVE TAMARACK LAKE

ONE LAST LOOK AT THE CLIFF BANDS BETWEEN LION AND TAMARACK LAKES

DAY FIVE AND ONE LAST UNKNOWN DESCENT TO TAMARACK LAKE

AT LAST ... THE TRAIL IS OVER THERE IN THE WOODS

THE LINEUP OF INTERESTING CLIMBS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CANYON

I THINK THE SABER IS THE BUTRESS ON THE RIGHT

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME TWO CLIMBS

LOOKING DOWN VALLEY TO THE JUNCTION WITH THE ELIZABETH PASS TRAIL

LOWER SECTION OF THE ELIZABETH PASS TRAIL

FIRST SIGN OF FALL

LAST VIEW UP TO TRIPLE DIVIDE PEAK AND THE LION LAKE SECTION OF THE TRIP

LAST VIEW OF PEAKS ABOVE TAMARACK LAKE AS THE TRAIL TURNS TOWARDS ITS JCT WITH THE HIGH SIERRA TRAIL

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