SIERRA INSPIRATION PHOTOTHON!

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Dave! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the photo as well as high country information. I usually don't go out when it is going to be raining, but i really was blown away by the beauty that was before me. Clouds add sooo much drama and good light! I really like your photo from L lake as well. Very similar conditions.

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Wow, that is a truly great image- send more! Thanks.
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I am really impressed by East Vidette Mountain, seen glowing in the middle left of "Summit's" great image. After seeing it over the years in summer, I couldn't wait to see it with a coat of snow.
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Finally got there- here it is in late May of this year.
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This is overlooking Secret Lake in 20 Lakes Basin on August 12, 2017. I was impressed by the amount of snow still left on a south-facing slope after the big winter as well as all the red algae growing everywhere.
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did it smell of watermelons?
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It would've if I was hungry enough. I did start craving them, though. Might've gone well with Pack of Oreos Peak in the background.
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Just after sundown returning to Saddlebag Lake from 20 Lakes Basin (August 12, 2017)
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@Rams Love all the snow on the peaks...it really is the best! I can't even imagine how difficult it must have been to get that far into the backcountry with all that snow. did you camp on snow as well?
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Glad you like it Sierra_Summits. While there was tons of snow, you could walk around it and avoid it if you wanted to. I thought I'd save time by taking a shortcut through snow instead of a bare path encircling Steelhead Lake. I was wrong. These pictures were from a dayhike so my campsite consisted of the front seat of my friend's car. Lots of people were camped out on dry ground in this vicinity, though.
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Hey "Sierra," here's camping in the snow. It's nice and warm in fact.
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And if you're willing to snow camp, you get to see the Sierra like this! We love it.
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