SIERRA INSPIRATION PHOTOTHON!

[Cross Country]

That Lake of the FM pic is UNmistakable and Wow what a great bunch of pics since my last one. Thanks guys.

[fishmonger]

it is not always the great vistas that draw me back to the Sierra - here some non-descript piece of forest between Vermillion Valley Resort and Graveyard Meadow on a cold July morning in 1989. It is 5:30am, I just spent an hour chasing a cat-like bear around the camp and wondered where the epicenter of the earthquake was that shook the trees above our tent on the evening before...

22 years later, I still remember how good the fire felt and how glad I was there was finally light and I could see if the bear was still stalking us. Note the classic Bleuet stove with Belgian army rectangular pot




Early morning sun hits a stream along the Muir Trail, somewhere in Evolution Valley before the trail climbs the next step in the valley up to Evolution Lake.

[vandman]

Gallats Lake. The water here was super clean and LOADED with trout. SEKI August 2008.

[RoguePhotonic]

Tired Hikers at the Muir Trail Ranch:

[RoguePhotonic]

Grinnell Lake Camp: A bit closer to the water then I should have been.

[vandman]

Tehipite Dome, early evening from NW rim trail. Vintage Fujichrome Velvia. July 1987.

[lostcoyote]

ahhhh, tehipite valley.
it sure would be kewl to be there RIGHT NOW... i bet middle fork is one raging torrent.

further upstream, here is the punchbowl:

[lostcoyote]

remembering a good time 33 years ago...



atop harrison pass after a nice easy climb from reflection.
(ha, easy then)

[Cross Country]

Arrival time - MIke's ready to backpack.

[lostcoyote]

my kids firdst trip with me



and first time fishing too
upper twin lake - kaiser wilderness