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HIGH SIERRA: WEST SIDE SEQUOIA : Crescent Meadow to Nine Lakes Basin ~ Sept 25-29, 2017(79) images

A seriously over ambitious plan was quickly reconciled with reality and morphed into a nice 5 day trip to Nine Lakes Basin and back. Nights 2 and 3 were fabulous examples of being in the right place at the right time. The original plan would have seen me in the forest both these nights. I'm felling pretty lucky about that. The lesson learned on this trip was that I need to lighten my load if I'm going to keep doing these trips.  

FALL COLOR IN ASPEN NEAR CONWAY SUMMIT

FALL COLOR NEAR MT MORRISON JUST SOUTH OF MAMMOTH LAKES

SOUTH LAKE DAM - FINALLY FULL

FALL COLOR BELOW SOUTH LAKE

MORNING LIGHT AT COLORADO NAT MONUMENT

NEW SNOW NEAR PARACHUTE COLORADO

ANOTHER VIEW OF NEW SNOW NEAR PARACHUTE COLORADO

FALL COLOR AND A BIT OF NEW SNOW WEST OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS

EARLY MORNING DRIVE UP FROM POTWASHI CG

HIGH SIERRA TRAIL AND THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE

ITS A LONG WALK

AN AFTERNOON VIEW OF ANGEL WINGS AND THE HAMILTON LAKES SECTION OF THE TRAIL

HIKERS ON THE HIGH SIERRA TRAIL BETWEEN BEARPAW AND PINE CREEK BRIDGE

THE BRIDGE OVER THE PINE CREEK GORGE

EVENING VIEW OF THE KAWEAH RIVER VALLEY FROM PINE CREEK DRAINAGE

CAMPSITE NEAR THE FORMER LOCATION OF THE PINE CREEK CROSSING

MORNING DAY 2, LEAVING PINE CREEK AND HEADING TO PRECIPICE LAKE

DAY 2: HEADED UP THE SWITCHBACKS ON THE WAY TO HAMILTON LAKES

LOOKING BACK AT PINE CREEK AND THE ZIG ZAGS OF THE TRAIL TO ELIZABETH PASS

WILDFLOWERS ALONGSIDE THE TRAIL

FIRST GOOD VIEW OF ANGEL WINGS

FULL VIEW OF ANGEL WINGS

THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND SEPARATE MAIN SUMMIT OF ANGEL WINGS

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND SEPARATE MAIN SUMMIT OF ANGEL WINGS

WESTERN OR SIERRA JUNIPER ON THE HIGH SIERRA TRAIL

LOOKING UP AT KAWEAH GAP ON THE WAY TO LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

WESTERN OR SIERRA JUNIPER AND HAMILTON LAKE

THE LAST BIT OF TRAIL BEFORE THE FIRST OR LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

LOOKING BACK AT UPPER HAMILTON LAKE AND ANGEL WINGS

ANOTHER VIEW OF UPPER HAMILTON LAKE AND ANGEL WINGS

THREATENING SKIES AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

CAMPSITE AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

CLEARING SKIES AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

CLEARING SKIES AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

EVENING LIGHT ON SOUTHERN ASPECTS OF MT STEWART

EVENING LIGHT ON EAGLE SCOUT PEAK

EVENING LIGHT ON PEAK OVER BY LONELY LAKE AND ELIZABETH PASS

EVENING LIGHT ON THE ENTIRE VALHALLA REGION

THE LAST OF THE EVENING SUN AND EAGLE SCOUT PEAK

SUNSET OVER THE VAHALLA REGION IN SEQUOIA NAT PARK

SUNSET OVER CAMPSITE AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

MORNING DAY 3, CAMPSITE AT LOWER PRECIPICE LAKE

BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER PRECIPICE LAKES

DAY THREE - THE TRAIL ABOVE PRECIPICE LAKE

ENTERING THE SUBLIME UPPER SECTION OF THE TRAIL - THE LAST HALF MILE TO KAWEAH GAP

LOOKING BACK AT EAGLE SCOUT PEAK

LOOKING SOUTH TO THE BIG ARROYO FROM NINE LAKES BASIN

THE MAIN DRAINAGE COMING OUT OF NINE LAKES BASIN

NINE LAKES BASIN FROM THE TRAIL NEAR KAWEAH GAP

MELLOW SWITCHBACKS ON THE TRAIL JUST BELOW KAWEAH GAP

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