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.
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
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