1000 Island -> Tuolumne via SHR trip record

[Wandering Daisy]

Sorry, re-read my post and I did NOT imply that you, Hobbes, put up any cairns. The "shame on you" applied to that person who put up the cairns many years ago. I think there was a lengthy discussion on another thread about cairns vs no cairns for off-trail routes.

Also I am a bit late in this discussion. I just saw this post, since I was gone most of the summer.

[Hobbes]

My wife gave me a heads up that the flight from John Wayne to Reno went right over the Sierra crest. I was thinking maybe Walker or Carson pass - little did I suspect that with the prop flying @ only 22k, it was only a few thousand feet right over Ritter/Banner! I didn't have my phone out/ready, but vowed to get some shots on the way back. The return was a little more west, so I was able to get a better perspective.

In this shot, you can see Lyell + glacier, Electra, Adams & Foerster, with Ritter/Banner in the background. The 2016 HST meet-up lake was at the very bottom middle of the photo (Ansell Adams directly above @ 1 o'clock). To the right of Foerster (just above the window frame in lower right of photo), you can see the two shimmering Blue lakes - Blue lake pass is just to the right of Foerster. The SHR follows the contour from Catherine (below Ritter/Banner) to Blue lakes.



This shot is a little closer: you can see the canyon/cascade below Catherine. To the left is the unnamed lake above the Twin Island lakes. Even better, you can see the elusive 10.2k tarn in the middle/bottom of the photo, with just the slightest peak of the upper Twin island lake over the ridge line that is contoured around from the south.

[Rockyroad]

Very nice photos for perspective. Thanks for posting!

[Shhsgirl]

Cool aerial photos! I can look at these and impress myself all over again at what we did!