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HIGH SIERRA: RUSH CREEK RITTER RANGE : Intro to Ritter Range ~ Oct 9-11, 2018(58) images

With only a week to go before I was due to pull up stakes and head back to NH, there was time for one more adventure. After a false start thinking I wanted to go to Hell for Sure Pass over on the West Side (I did drive all the way up to Courtright Reservior), I came back and settled on plan B. That turned out to be an intro to the Ritter Range and Minarets. Knowing the shortest way in there was to use the now familiar Rush Creek approach, I came up with a Summit Lake loop. Lots of ups and downs along with some aggressive camping restrictions, but still a nice intro to the area.   

THE 2ND STORM ARRIVES ON THE EAST SIDE

BISHOP CREEK VIEW FROM RT 395

POST STORM SUNRISE ON WILLIAMSON

EARLY MORNING VIEW O MT BRADLEY / PINYON CREEK REGION OF THE CREST

ANOTHER POST STORM VIEW OF THE SIERRA CREST

COTTONWOODS AND WILLIAMSON

SOUTH END OF SILVER LAKE FROM THE RUSH CREEK TRAIL

LOOKING DOWN AT AGNEW RESERVIOR FROM THE SPOOKY CANYON TRAIL

SPOOKY CANYON TRAIL

PARTIAL VIEW OF MT RITTER FROM ONE OF THE SMALL PONDS IN THE CLARK LAKES REGION

PARTIAL VIEW OF MT RITTER FROM ONE OF THE SMALL PONDS IN THE CLARK LAKES REGION

OUTLET STREAM FROM THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE, RITTER RANGE, HIGH SIERRA

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE, RITTER RANGE, HIGH SIERRA

LATE AFTERNOON, SHORELINE, THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE BASIN, RITTER RANGE

HEADING UP AND OVER THE RIDGE TOWARDS GARNET LAKE

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF THE EAST END OF GARNET LAKE, RITTER RANGE

CAMPSITE AT GARNET LAKE, RITTER RANGE

EARLY MORNING REFLECTION OF RITTER AND BANNER IN GARNET LAKE, RITTER RANGE

EARLY MORNING REFLECTION OF RITTER AND BANNER IN GARNET LAKE, RITTER RANGE

PARTIAL VIEW OF MT RITTER AND SMALL PEAK TO ITS SOUTH, RITTER RANGE

MORNING DAY 2, COMPLETELY FROSTED AND SOAKED TENT AFTER HEAVY FROST

MORNING VIEW OF RITTER & BANNER FROM SHORELINE OF GARNET LAKE, RITTER RANGE

MORNING VIEW OF THE EAST END OF GARNET LAKE, RITTER RANGE

HEAVY DOSE OF FROST ON PLANTLIFE, RITTER RANGE

ANOTHER MORNING VIEW OF RITTER FROM THE JMT ON THE WAY OVER TO THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE

THE MANY ISLANDS IN GARNET LAKE FROM THE JMT ON THE WAY OVER TO THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE

COLD MORNING ON THE JMT LOOKING BACK AT GARNET LAKE

ANOTHER VIEW OF GARNET LAKE FROM THE JMT ON THE WAY OVER TO THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE

DRY VOLCANIC TERRAIN ON THE JMT ON THE WAY OVER TO THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE

FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE MINARETS FROM THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE

MINARET SKYLINE FROM THE JMT IN THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE, RITTER RANGE

TELE ZOOM OF THE MINARET SKYLINE FROM THE JMT IN THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE, RITTER RANGE

CLYDE MINARET FROM THE JMT IN THE SHADOW LAKE DRAINAGE, RITTER RANGE

BRIDGE OVER SHADOW CREEK ON THE WAY DOWN TO SHADOW LAKE

LOOKING UP CANYON FROM SHADOW LAKE

STARTING THE DESCENT TO THE RIVER TRAIL ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER

MY FAVORITE TREE IN THE HIGH SIERRA - THE SIERRA JUNIPER

SOUTH TO MAMMOTH MT FROM THE RIVER TRAIL ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER

LOOKING BACK UP TO THE NARROW ENTRANCE TO SHADOW LAKE FROM THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, RITTER RANGE

ANOTHER CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE SIERRA JUNIPER

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF VOLCANIC RIDGE AND THE MINARETS FROM SUMMIT LAKE AT ABOUT 9900FT.

STORMY SUNSET TO THE SOUTH FROM SUMMIT LAKE, RITTER RANGE

BRIEF SUNRISE COLOR ON RITTER & BANNER FROM SUMMIT LAKE

BRIEF SUNRISE COLOR ON CLYDE MINARET FROM SUMMIT LAKE

BRIEF SUNRISE COLOR ON THE MINARETS FROM SUMMIT LAKE

SUNRISE COLOR ON MT RITTER FROM SUMMIT LAKE

SUNRISE COLOR ON RITTER & BANNER FROM SUMMIT LAKE

BRIEF SUNRISE ON MINARETS AND RITTER / BANNER FROM SUMMIT LAKE

BRIEF SUNRISE ON MINARETS AND RITTER / BANNER FROM SUMMIT LAKE

AN HOUR AFTER SUNRISE THE VIEW WAS GONE

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