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HIGH SIERRA: TABLELANDS : Tablelands to Lion Lake Pass ~ Sept 25 - Oct 1, 2015(115) images

Sept 2015. After the stormy spring left me feeling like I hadn't accomplished much I made plans for a fall trip where I could experience the range without concern for snow. Arriving in Lone Pine after the drive over from Vegas, I found the whole Owens Valley full of haze and smoke. Next morning I drove around to the west side and made the hot drive up to Wolverton and what I hoped would be better vistas south and west of the Rough Fire. Other than a 24hr stretch of haze and grey skies, things worked out pretty well.  

CASTLE ROCK AND FRIENDS FROM MORO ROCK

LOOKING ACROSS THE KAWEAH RIVER VALLEY TO CASTLE ROCKS

THE TOP OF THE WATCHTOWER ON THE WAY TO PEAR LAKE

ROUNDING THE CORNER AFTER PASSING THE WATCHTOWER

ASTER LAKE ON THE WAY TO PEAR LAKE

THE TRAVERSE FROM PEAR LAKE TO TABLELANDS BASIN

FIRST VIEW OF TERRAIN AFTER GAINING THE HEIGHT OF LAND ABOVE THE RANGER STATION

PLEASANT UNCOMPLICATED TERRAIN AT THE MOUTH OF TABLELANDS BASIN

LOTS OF EASY WALKING ON SLABS IN THE LOWER ENTRANCE TO THE BASIN

AFTER A LONG DRY WALK I FOUND WATER AND A NICE SITE FOR THE NIGHT

FOUND THIS NICE SPOT WITH JUST ENOUGH TIME TO SETUP AND FILTER SOME WATER BEFORE DARK

MELLOW WALKING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TABLELANDS BASIN

LAST SECTION OF OPEN WATER EARLY THE NEXT MORNING

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LAST SECTION OF OPEN WATER

NEARING THE TOP OF TABLELANDS BASIN

MOOSE LAKE AND ALTA PEAK FROM TABLELANDS BASIN

LAKE 10435 ABOVE BIG BIRD LAKE AND DEADMAN CANYON

FIRST VIEW OF DEADMAN CANYON AND THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE

LAST OBSTACLE BETWEEN ME AND LONELY LAKE

BIG BIRD LAKE

ANOTHER VIEW OF BIG BIRD LAKE

HORN COL, HORN PEAK AND LONELY LAKE FROM THE TOP OF THE UN-NAMED PEAK AT THE END OF THE TABLELANDS

BIG BIRD LAKE AND DEADMAN CANYON

HORN COL AND THE KAWEAH PEAKS

LOOKING OUT DEADMAN CANYON TO THE ROUGH FIRE

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROUGH FIRE AND DEADMAN CANYON

THE ROUGH FIRE FROM TABLELANDS

MILESTONE ON THE LEFT AND THE ATTRACTIVE PEAK AT THE HEAD OF DEADMAN CANYON

HORN PEAK AND COL WHILE TAKING THE WRONG DESCENT OFF TABLELANDS HIGH POINT

LOOKING OVER THE BACKSIDE OF ANGEL WINGS TO KAWEAH GAP, EAGLE SCOUT PEAK AND OTHERS ON THE GWD

IGNORING THE MAP AND TRIP REPORTS I DECIDED TO TAKE THE WRONG DESCENT.

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF HORN PEAK

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF LONELY LAKE

LONELY LAKE AND HORN PEAK

CAMPSITE ABOVE LONELY LAKE

SUNSET ON HORN PEAK

SUNSET ON HORN PEAK

SUNSET SKIES FROM LONELY LAKE

EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT THE ONLY WATER HOLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

EARLY MORNING VIEW SOUTH PAST LONELY LAKE

LONELY LAKE THE NEXT MORNING ON MY WAY TO HORN COL

ANOTHER VIEW OF LONELY LAKE THE NEXT MORNING

HORN COL FROM A DISTANCE

THE CLASSIC VIEW WHEN CROSSING HORN COL

NEXT OBJECTIVE: COPPERMINE PASS

LOOKING BACK AT HORN PEAK AND COL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAVERSE TO COPPERMINE PASS

FIRST OF THREE VIEWS OF THE UNIQUE FORMATION AND THE VIEW DOWN INTO DEADMAN CANYON

SECOND OF THREE VIEWS OF THE UNIQUE FORMATION AND THE VIEW DOWN INTO DEADMAN CANYON

LAST OF THREE VIEWS OF THE UNIQUE FORMATION AND THE VIEW DOWN INTO DEADMAN CANYON

ANOTHER VIEW OF COPPERMINE PASS FROM MIDWAY ACROSS UPPER DEADMAN CANYON

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