High Sierra Topix

During the Lions Fire on the Fish Valley Trail


Ansel Adams Wilderness

Soon it'll be summer again.


Shadow Lake from the PCT

Can't wait!

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From last September. North Peak with Mt Conness at frame left from no name pond. With the long ridge on the right, it was an ideal subject for creating this extra wide reflection. Before I as a retired person bother with the long drive and effort to work such subjects, I'll carefully check weather sites that forecast a morning with calm breezes, especially wunderground dot com 10-day. Sony A6000, image is 45 shot focus stack blend of 5 frames, 5 column 1 row stitch blend, 15700 by 6000 pixels so the above 1570 pixel wide downsized web version is 1/10 actual pixel dimensions. My Sigma 30mm lens angle of view was barely able to get both the peak top and full reflection in. The white metamorphic geology areas middle ground is a band of marble with below a crop at 50% pixels:

not much to see here, but over on Flickr you get to see it 2048 wide
about 300 degree view pano last August, you know where


Welcome to the top

Got my next trip planned to begin in early August. Maybe a repeat of this, but still not sure where it'll take me this summer.


Moon, crazy eroded rocks and the summit hut


Break on Pinchot Pass

Let's not forget the meadows and fens.

Off trail southwest of Pinchot Pass, about 15 minutes west of the JMT, heading to an unnamed lake at 11,500 ft. Mount Wynne is the big peak in this image, while my destination was in the other direction. The tarn in the image can be seen from Pinchot Pass.


Fading daylight off the beaten path

About 5 weeks and I hope to be back in the Sierra. Still have to come up with a route and game plan for the time I have in August, but it should be pretty epic this year after all that snow.

Dave_Ayers wrote:

Let's not forget the meadows and fens.

...or the meadows and fens with dogs in them!
Ian.

From this summer, moon rise just after midnight above Wanda Lake and Mt. McGee


Moonrise over Wanda Lake