After our epic retreat from the East Face of Snowpatch the 'Californians' at the Kain Hut recommended we head south to Mt Mendel. Good advice that.
RAINS AND MARK AT A CAMPSITE NEAR MIDNIGHT LAKE IN THE JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
SUNRISE LIGHTING AND REFLECTION AT BLUE HEAVEN LAKE, JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
EARLY MORNING VIEW FROM BLUE HEAVEN LAKE TO THE PASS OVER INTO DARWIN BASIN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
RAINSFORD ROUNER CLIMBING BELOW THE MENDEL COULOIR, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MT MENDEL, EVOLUTION REGION, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
RAINSFORD ROUNER AND MARK RICHEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MENDEL COULOIR, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
MARK RICHEY CLIMBING IN THE MENDEL COULOIR, MT MENDEL, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
RAINSFORD ROUNER CLIMBING IN THE MENDEL COULOIR, MT MENDEL, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
MARK AND PETER REFLECTED IN RAINSFORD'S GLACIER GLASSES AT THE TOP OF THE MENDEL COULOIR,MT MENDEL, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
RAINS AND MARK AT THE TOP OF THE MENDEL COULOIR, MT MENDEL, SIERRA NEVADA, CA
THE NORTHWEST FACE OF MT DARWIN FROM THE TOP OF MT MENDEL, KING'S CANYON NAT PARK, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN BEER WAS A KEY ITEM NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN, BLUE HEAVEN LAKE, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
A COMPARISON VIEW OF ONCE PROUD MENDEL COULOIRS 41 YEARS LATER