High Sierra Topix

For mountaineer: maybe your link has a clue, but I'm certainly prompted to guess where that lake/peaks are located in that marvellous shot. My first guess would be Split mountain, but since I've not camped at the lake below Split, I cannot say for sure. Perhaps other folks recognize it?

For Kathy: yep, if there'd been anywhere to camp near that lake we would have done so, just to revel in that blue. But, the area around it was pretty unaccommodating, so I'm glad the little camera we had did as good a job as it did! Anyway, that's one of the amazing features of the Sierras: you never quite know what's going to pop up over the next ridge or in this case, at the end of a long talus field...
cgundersen

Yes, it has a clue for the mountain and the lake would have to be a guess. It is Vee Lake below Seven Gables Peak.

Ok, I can see how that would be Vee; I've only been there when it's been partially or almost completely frozen, but I'm tentatively thinking of a mid-September loop through the Bear Lakes area, so it looks like Vee should be on the itinerary!
Thanks!
cgundersen

Most of the lake images I market on my fine art photography website below haven't names and are not near trails. The above image was taken long ago in 1980. I've traveled to hundreds of remote nameless lakes and ponds in my three plus decades of Sierra backpacking. Some of them because they are not on use trails for fishermen, peak baggers, or between crosscountry destinations have likely seen few if any visitors. Only some curious photographer like myself might have bothered going out of their way to take a look. I tend to prefer ponds for landscapes because due to their small sizes, they are more apt to have calm reflecting conditions and with their opposite shores close, the size of elements above those shores have more recognizeable impact. ...David

Hi Dave,
I've had trouble accessing this site the last couple days, but it's given me time to reflect on your great shot (and the value of lugging the extra weight in equipment that you carry along).....and wonder where it is....

Then, to elaborate on the personal preferences issue that Giantbrookie also touched on, the places that I alluded to earlier as being at the top of my list for memorably great spots in the Sierras combined both remarkable scenery with "comfortable" campsites (both Spearpoint and the Blue Lakes have great spots to bed down, and infinity pool perspectives from which to admire the scenery) and a sense of isolation. But, as I noted, there are lots of places that come very close to those two (at least, in my minds eye), and I was just hoping to coax others to divulge their favorites in part because it might help me select future "targets". And, as this thread has developed, it has certainly added to my "to do" list. Maybe it's gotten others to do the same?
Cheers!
cgundersen