Backside Loop Hike ~ May 24-30, 2013(96) images
Additional segments of the Sierra High Route. In this case Bishop Pass to Knapsack Col, to Potluck Pass to Palisades Lakes to Leconte Canyon and back up thru Dusy Basin to South Lake. Good weather the first half of the loop. Bit more fickle after that. Didn't do any climbing, which was a mistake.
ANOTHER EARLY MORNING VIEW FROM PALISADE BASIN
SW BUTTRESS AND LECONTE ROUTE ON NORTH PAL FROM POTLUCK PASS
POTLUCK PASS NW SIDE
VIEW WEST FROM POTLUCK PASS
ANOTHER VIEW WEST FROM POTLUCK PASS
OBLIQUE VIEW OF NORTH PAL AND POLEMONIUM FROM POTLUCK PASS
THE SHORT BUT TRICKY DESCENT FROM POTLUCK PASS
PALISADE CREST AND POTLUCK PASS
FIRST VIEW OF PALISADE LAKES
JMT AND LOWER PALISADE LAKE
ANOTHER VIEW OF LOWER PALISADE LAKE
CAMPSITE LOWER PALISADE LAKE
CAMPSITE LOWER PALISADE LAKE
MT BOLTON BROWN AND LOWER PALISADE LAKE
MIDDLE PALISADE AND DISAPPOINTMENT PEAK
LATE DAY COLOR ON MT BOLTON BROWN
SUNSET MIDDLE PALISADE AND DISAPPOINTMENT PEAK
SUNSET MIDDLE PALISADE AND DISAPPOINTMENT PEAK
PALISADE CREEK
INTERESTING TERRAIN JUST BEFORE PALISADE CREEK STARTS ITS STEEP DESCENT
PALISADE CREEK
EARLY MORNING ON THE JMT
LAST LOOK BACK AT THE PALISADE CREST
THE JMT AT THE START OF THE BIG DROP
BIG TREES ON THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE
MORE BIG TREES ALONG PALISADE CREEK
PALISADE CREEK NEARING ITS JUCTION WITH THE MIDDLE FORK OF KINGS RIVER
ENTERING GROUSE MEADOW FROM THE SOUTH
BEAUTIFUL GROUSE MEADOW IN LOWER LECONTE CANYON
DUSY BRANCH FROM THE JMT
INBOUND
DUSY BRANCH ROARING OVER SLABS
YET ANOTHER GIANT JUNIPER TREE
SOME SORT OF WEATHER HAS ARRIVED
CAMPSITE JUST WEST OF FIRST CROSSING OF DUSY BRANCH