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HIGH SIERRA: MONO PASS - SILVER DIVIDE : A Loop Around Silver Divide ~ Sept 8-13, 2017(100) images

The idea here was to use Mono Pass as a way to get to and cross the Silver Divide twice. On the way in I would use 'Shout of Relief' Pass on the SHR to cross over to the north side and after connecting to the JMT would cross back over via Silver Pass. After that I would have the option of getting back to Rock Creek in one of three ways: 'Half Moon Pass', Mono Pass or the longer but more interesting 2nd Recess to Gabbot Pass and on over the Divide at Cox Col. In the end I choose the way I'd come in mostly because I was tired and wasn't sure what kind of snow conditions to expect on Cox Col. I did not have an axe or micro spikes with me. As boring as that decision sounds it certainly was not. If fact it ended in high drama - weather wise that is.  

SUNRISE ON BCS AND A PARTIALLY HIDDEN NORTH SIDE OF DADE

THE ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE RUBY LAKE WALLS

SUNRISE ON BCS AND A PARTIALLY HIDDEN NORTH SIDE OF DADE AND ABBOT ABOVE RUBY LAKE ON THE WAY TO MONO PASS

OUTLET FROM SUMMIT LAKE LOOKING BACK AT MONO PASS

STARTING THE LONG DESCENT DOWN INTO MONO CREEK CANYON

LOOKING OVER TRAIL LAKES TO PEAKS IN THE 4TH RECESS

MEADOWS BELOW TRAIL LAKES AND MONO ROCK IN THE DISTANCE

GOLDEN CREEK ON ITS WAY DOWN THE VALLEY WHERE IT MERGES WITH ALL SORTS OF OTHER SOURCES TO BECOME MONO CREEK

LOOKING UP THE 4TH RECESS TO THE NORTH FACE OF MT MILLS

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE MONO CREEK TRAIL

PARTIAL VIEW INTO THE 2ND RECESS FROM THE 'PATH' TO LAUREL LAKE

LAUREL CREEK STARTING ITS STEEP DESCENT TO THE VALLEY BELOW

LAUREL CREEK JUST BEFORE ITS STEEP DESCENT TO THE VALLEY BELOW

LAUREL CREEK WITH RED AND WHITE MT IN THE DISTANCE

LATE AFTERNOON LIGHT IN LAUREL CREEK CANYON AS THE DAILY SHOWERS MOVE IN

END OF DAY ONE WITH SOME BIT OF ALPENGLOW OVER GABB PEAK IN THE 2ND RECESS

LAUREL CREEK FROM JUST ABOVE THE SO CALLED SWAMP

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF RECESS PEAK IN RECESS ONE

SIMILAR VIEW OF RECESS PEAK IN RECESS ONE AND PART OF RECESS TWO

VERY AVOIDABLE CHOKE POINT AS LAUREL CREEK TIGHTENS BEFORE LEVELING OUT BELOW LAUREL LAKE

LOOKING DOWN THE CANYON ABOVE THE SHORT HEADWALL / CHOKE POINT

RED AND WHITE PEAK FROM THE MEADOWS JUST SOUTH OF LAUREL LAKE

ANOTHER VIEW OF RED AND WHITE PEAK FROM THE MEADOWS JUST SOUTH OF LAUREL LAKE

IDEAL WALKING IN THE MEADOWS JUST SOUTH OF LAUREL LAKE

RED AND WHITE PEAK FROM THE MEADOWS JUST SOUTH OF LAUREL LAKE

THE MASSIVE SOUTH SIDE OF RED AND WHITE MT

LOOKING DOWN AT LAUREL LAKE FROM THE START OF THE RISE TO BIGHORN PASS

TYPICAL TERRAIN ON THE WAY TO BIGHORN PASS

MID-DAY VIEW SOUTH FROM BIGHORN PASS

ROSY FINCH LAKE AND MT ISSAK WALTON FROM BIGHORN PASS

FIRST VIEW OF SHOUT OF RELIEF PASS FROM BIGHORN PASS

SMALL LAKE ABOVE ROSY FINCH ON THE WAY TO SHOUT OF RELIEF PASS

THE LAST RISE TO SHOUT OF RELIEF PASS

VIEW NORTH FROM SHOUT OF RELIEF PASS

SEPT BLOOM OF MT HEATHER NORTH OF 'SHOUT OF RELIEF' PASS

PENTSTEMON ALONG THE SHORELINE OF A TARN NORTH OF 'SHOUT OF RELIEF' PASS

PENTSTEMON ALONG THE SHORELINE OF A TARN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 'SHOUT OF RELIEF' PASS

EVENING LIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 'SHOUT OF RELIEF' PASS

D2 CAMPSITE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 'SHOUT OF RELIEF' PASS

EVENING LIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 'SHOUT OF RELIEFT' PASS

THE MAKINGS OF A NICE SUNSET AT THE END OF DAY 2

SUNSET COLOR ON RED SLATE MT

UNDERCUT SNOWBANK ALONG SHORELINE OF TARN

MORNING DAY 3 - DESCENDING TO TULLY LAKE

MORNING DAY 3 - TRYING TO FIND TULLY LAKE

LAST LOOK BACK AT 'SHOUT OF RELIEF' PASS

FIRST GLIMPSE OF TULLY LAKE

LOOKING NORTH OVER TULLY LAKE

WANDERING PAST TULLY LAKE ON THE WAY TO THE MCGEE PASS TRAIL

DESCENDING THRU THE GORGE OF FISH CREEK ON THE WAY TO TULLY HOLE

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