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HIGH SIERRA: PIUTE - GODDARD - DARWIN : Piute, Goddard and Darwin Canyons Loop ~ Sept 14-18, 2016(112) images

Sept 2016. Next up was a somewhat convoluted attempt to see more of the North Lake to South Lake terrain that I have such fond memories of (1981). Also wanted to see some new terrain so I added a trip up Goddard Canyon with a exit back to the JMT via the north fork of Goddard Creek and Davis Lake. A comfortable 4 night trip with a serious dislike of the rough conditions over the last couple of miles of the Piute Pass trail as it approaches it's end at the JMT. Darwin Bench and Canyon was as expected a wonderful place to be. The real surprise was how nice the terrain leading up to and around Davis Lake was. Alot less talus and scree than I had been prepared for.  

FIRST VIEW OF THE START OUT OF NORTH LAKE AS YOU HEAD UP TOWARDS PIUTE PASS

BONE DRY CONDITIONS AT PIUTE PASS

CAMPSITE AT LOWER GOLDEN TROUT LAKE

LATE AFTERNOON AT LOWER GOLDEN TROUT LAKE

HUMPHREYS AND LOWER GOLDEN TROUT LAKE

SHORELINE LOWER GOLDEN TROUT LAKE

HUMPHREYS FROM LOWER GOLDEN TROUT LAKE

MORNING SUN AND THE START OF A LONG DAY.

QUIET MORNING AT LOWER GOLDEN TROUT LAKE

LEAVING LOWER GOLDER TROUT LAKE

STARTING THE DESCENT INTO PIUTE CANYON

GLACIER DIVIDE PEAKS

ANOTHER VIEW OF GLACIER DIVIDE

HUTCHINSON MEADOW

LOWER PIUTE CANYON

LOOKING UPSTREAM AT NOW DISTANT FRENCH CANYON

PIUTE CANYON BEGINS ITS BIG SWING TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER

PIUTE CREEK PASSING THRU A SMALL GORGE NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER.

PIUTE CREEK PASSING THRU A SMALL GORGE NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER.

JMT AND BRIDGE OVER THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER.

ON THE JMT HEADED SOUTH AT ABOUT 8100 FT.

APPROACHING ASPEN MEADOWS

ASPEN MEADOWS

SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME GORGE

END OF THE DAY FOR ME ....

NICE LITTLE SPOT NOT TOO FAR FROM WATER

JUST BEFORE THE BRIDGE

BETTER CAMP SITES ALL OVER THE PLACE AT THIS CROSSING

COOL MORNING SUN IN LOWER GODDARD CANYON

LOWER GODDARD CANYON

PRETTY BIG DROP INTO THE PIG CHUTE IN LOWER GODDARD CANYON

LOOKING DOWNSTREAM THRU THE PIG CHUTE IN LOWER GODDARD CANYON

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE PIG CHUTE IN LOWER GODDARD CANYON

STARTING TO GAIN SOME HEIGHT IN GODDARD CANYON

MIDDLE SECTION OF GODDARD CANYON

ANOTHER GORGE IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF GODDARD CANYON

THE MAP AND MY INTUITION TELLS ME THAT THE NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK IS TO BE FOUND UP AND LEFT IN THE VISIBLE GAP

THE NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK MEETS THE SAN JOAQUIN AT THIS GORGE

THE PLAN THEN BECAME ONE OF SIDE HILLING SOUTH OF THE GORGE AND HOPEFULLY FINDING A WAY TO GET THRU THE MYRIAD BANDS OF CLIFFS THAT APPEAR TO BLOCK THE WAY

LECONTE DIVIDE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN

THIS VALLEY TURNED OUT TO BE THE KEY PASSAGE THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY GET ME UP INTO THE DAVIS LAKE DRAINAGE

A BETTER VIEW OF THE EASY TRAVEL THAT HELPS SOLVE THE PROBLEM

FALL COLOR IN GODDARD CANYON

GODDARD CANYON FROM THE ROUTE TAKEN TO DAVIS LAKE

NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK

UP AND DOWN ON THE WAY TO NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK

NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK

NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK

NORTH FORK OF GODDARD CREEK

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