High Sierra Topix

Beautiful photographs. They so remind me of Galen Rowell who's work I admired so much.

Absolutely beautiful. I hike up closed to Bishop Pass this past weekend and it reminded me of fond memories from a S Lake to N Lake hike a few years ago. What camera are using and how do you carry it?

Thanks for the trip report and the (usual) gorgeous photos. I especially love the sunset in Palisade Basin.

Magnificent photography!

Thanks.

rrivera wrote:What camera are using and how do you carry it?

These were with my older 40D, carried in a homemade case made from silnylon and some old foam padding. Looks like crap, but works like a charm.

A few more:

Dusy Basin


Palisade Basin (the inlet here had hundreds of Yellow Legged Frog tadpoles)


Dusy Basin, again


Marmots

Incredible photography! Thanks for posting. Did it look like the fish had been gillnetted from the Barrett Lakes?

Thanks richlong.

richlong8 wrote:Did it look like the fish had been gillnetted from the Barrett Lakes?

I don't think gill-netting was involved. After getting back I did some research and found notes from Knapp's website stating the lake was observed to be fishless in the 90's (although previously stocked - the source notes the lake 'reverted' to fishless). I will note that not all the lakes in the basin are fishless.

I ran into an old cowboy fishing at Barrett Lake in 1997. He had several large fish. I caught several tiny ones at the outlet. I have not tried fishing there since then.

Absolutely gorgeous photos!



The last time I camped at Dusy Basin (Columbine Lake) had lots of rain (caused flooding in the Owens Valley,) but not such spectacular color.

And, a long time ago, when camped at Barrett Lakes, even had more rain...constant. Couldn't think of drying out then.

The photos are simply stunning (except for the marmots, which are horrifying)! I was in the Sierra for the past 9 days, and there are so many great trip reports to catch up on.