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HIGH SIERRA: PALISADES : Backside Loop Hike ~ May 24-30, 2013(103) 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.  

MORNING WEST SIDE OF NORTH PAL

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

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