Here, I've compiled a report from 3 trips I took this month, all out of the Horseshoe Meadows area. The first went over New Army Pass, over what I refer to as "You and Whose Army Pass" (the saddle between Soldier Lake and Miter Basin), through Miter, over Crabtree Pass:
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...and then down to the upper most lake in the Crabtree Basin:
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Here's another view:
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I then dayhiked (or late afternoon-hiked) down to the main Crabtree Lake. The sloping meadows and granite creek run down the canyon were lovely.
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Here's the main Crabtree Lake:
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My second trip was PCT to Rock Creek, back to PCT, over Guyot Pass and up Crabtree Basin from the west. I made it up to the main Crabtree Lake, so sort of completed the loop. This is evidence of the prior week's snowstorm, taken in Lower Crabtree Meadow:
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Here's the Lower Crabtree Lake, basking in a beautiful light:
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The path to the main Crabtree Lake, which was like the path to Valhalla:
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Later in the day, I hiked back up the canyon that I had come down on my previous trip. The light was much better this time. Mt. McAdie at the top:
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McAdie with burnt edges:
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This looked like cake icing to me:
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And a dramatic sky:
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The next morning I climbed Mt. Hitchcock (13,184). This is actually a pass down to Hitchcock Lakes, but even I'm not this crazy:
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From the saddle, Mt. Whitney (left) looked like part of an enormous bundt cake (not that I have cake on the brain or anything):
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And from the top of Hitchcock, two zooms of Mt. Whitney:
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