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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.  

YET ANOTHER GIANT JUNIPER TREE

SOME SORT OF WEATHER HAS ARRIVED

CAMPSITE JUST WEST OF FIRST CROSSING OF DUSY BRANCH

NOT MUCH MOISTURE IN THIS STORM

GROUNDCOVER

STROM CLEARING AND THE NORTH FACE OF THE CITADEL

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NORTH FACE OF THE CITADEL

OUT OF THE FOREST AND INTO THE ALPINE

ALMOST THERE

ENTERING LOWER DUSY BASIN

LAST VIEW OF LECONTE CANYON AS YOU ENTER LOWER DUSY BASIN

ENTERING THE FORESTED MEADOWS OF LOWER DUSY BASIN

LATE AFTERNOON, LOWER DUSY BASIN

KNAPSACK COL FROM LOWER DUSY BASIN

THE MAGIC HOUR BEGINS, LOWER DUSY BASIN

SHORELINE, LOWER DUSY BASIN

ANOTHER CAMPSITE VIEW, LOWER DUSY BASIN

SUNSET ON THUNDERBOLT AND NORTH PALISADE FROM LOWER DUSY BASIN

LAST BITS OF COLOR, LOWER DUSY BASIN

THE FINAL ACT OF A GREAT SUNSET SEEN FROM LOWER DUSY BASIN

STARTING THE NORTH SIDE DESCENT OF BISHOP PASS

WALKING ACROSS STILL SOLID SNOW AT 6PM, BISHOP PASS

THE LONGER BUT EASIER DESCENT FROM BISHOP PASS

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LONGER BUT EASIER DESCENT FROM BISHOP PASS

DOWN BELOW BISHOP PASS AND TIME TO FIND A CAMPSITE

CAMPSITE BELOW BISHOP PASS

SUNSET MT AGASSIZ FROM CAMPSITE BELOW BISHOP PASS

MORNING VIEW OF PT 12689 FROM BISHOP LAKE

MORNING SUN ON BISHOP PASS

SPEARHEAD AND LONG LAKES

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