High Sierra Topix

the road picture has me worried about cars coming down the road while the shutter is open for half a minute

Early season colors near Alger Lakes looking north


Blacktop, Kuna and Koip Peaks to the northwest

and a proper bear can photo for this thread


Early morning light in the Rainbow Fire zone below Reds Meadows

Same day as the morning image above, just a little further down the trail:


View North after leaving the trees behind for granite slabs

And low down in Fish Valley at lunch time, our water source


Small stream deep in Fish Valley

The view from our tent just east of Parker Pass in late June. We had to move our location from the last time we camped at that lake due to a large snow field covering up the location we used last time. We didn't see any other hikers between Mono Pass and Island Pass on the JMT going across Koip Peak Pass, and then from Gem Lake to Waugh Lake, up to Weber Lakes and cross country from there to Island Pass.


Sunset over Yosemite behind us

Along the Fish Valley trail, down below Crater Creek


Campsite flowers at sunset

Two from Paiute Pass. All these years in the Sierra, and this summer was the first time I went across that pass.


Glacier Divide from Paiute Pass


Early in the forest

More from Piute Pass


Lower segment of Piute Pass east slope


Meadow at about 11,900 feet on Piute Pass

Milky Way over Mt. Tyndall this past Saturday evening:

somewhere off trail on the south side of the Middle Fork San Joaquin below Garnet Lake


Middle Fork San Joaquin River below Garnet Lake