High Sierra Topix

Little Lakes Valley:

Nice shot Rogue, I can feel the cool, fresh High Sierra air in my lungs looking at this view!

VIVA LA SIERRA INSPIRATION PHOTOTHON!! Keep it alive!

This shot was taken at sunset in the western Ionian Basin near lake 12,300 at the base of Mt. Goddard, looking south toward Blue Canyon. Finger Peak and the White Divide is on the right. Not sure which peak is illuminated on the left...Blue Canyon Peak? Tunemah? SEKI August 2010

vandman wrote:Lost Coyote, Was this taken at the lake between Martha Lake and the SW shoulder of Mt. Goddard? Or was it taken above the large lake 10,232 south of Mt. Reinstein?

neither one.

in your latest picture posted (lake 11818 with finger peak beyond)
the pink colored rock is around 11750 in elevation...
it's just below the small tarn just south of lake 11818...
just west of the creekbed right before the elevation begins to drop off to lake 10220.

never seen pink rock like that before.
speaking of pink...



lake 11818
(john dittli's got an outstanding panorama taken from the same date, time, & place)

I call this my "Mono Kraken" - 1989, long ago, when the water was much lower than today.

lostcoyote wrote:

vandman wrote:Lost Coyote, Was this taken at the lake between Martha Lake and the SW shoulder of Mt. Goddard? Or was it taken above the large lake 10,232 south of Mt. Reinstein?

in your latest picture posted (lake 11818 with finger peak beyond)
the pink colored rock is around 11750 in elevation...

my last shot was taken above this small lake which is at about 12,200. Now I know the area you're talking about, but I haven't explored (not yet) between Ionian and lake 10,232. The rock in Ionian is messed up.

My brother on top of Confusion Pass. Goddard pass is in the background, Mt. Goddard on left. SEKI August 2006.

vandman wrote:my last shot was taken above this small lake which is at about 12,200. Now I know the area you're talking about, but I haven't explored (not yet) between Ionian and lake 10,232. The rock in Ionian is messed up.

oh, ok. i see the lake you are talking aboput now.... my mistake.
so yeah, the pink rock in question is about 1/2 mile southwest of the lake 12200 in your picture.
i mistook that lake to be lake 11818, which it's clearly not.

if you get back in there again, check out the lake at the northern base of scylla:




p.s. confusion pass - that image sure brings back a memory. i slept overnite on top right on that very spot. it was a warm nite & i just slept out on those rocks. melted some snow for drinking water.

California Falls:

p.s. confusion pass - that image sure brings back a memory. i slept overnite on top right on that very spot. it was a warm nite & i just slept out on those rocks. melted some snow for drinking water.

We walked over to the edge of Confusion Lake and found a nice sheltered place to camp on a shelf just north of the lake. Awesome views from here.

Comfy sleeping area:


Awesome views of Mt. Goddard and Martha Lake:



Mike