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Dick's Central Sierra Nevada Pictures |
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| Huntington
Lake - Kaiser
Pass - Florence Lake - Lake Edison Area
Dinkey Creek - Wishon - Courtright Area Fresno & Merced River Drainages |
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Sierra Nevada Area Photos:
Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks Kings & San Joaquin Rivers Eastern Sierra Death Valley |
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Huntington Lake - Kaiser Pass - Florence - Edison Area |
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| Silver Divide from White Bark Vista Point | Ritter Range from Kaiser Pass area | Silver Divide from Kaiser Pass area |
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| Florence Lake |
Mountains near Edison and Florence Lakes |
Huntington Lake |
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Boulders and meadow near Mono Hot Springs Resort |
San Joaquin River at Mono Hot Springs Resort | A peaceful pool on the San Joaquin |
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| The Silver Divide | ||
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| Panoramic view of meadow east of Kaiser Pass | ||
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| Keeping cool | Boulders and Jeffrey Pines | A late, lamented Jeffrey Pine |
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The narrow road to Kaiser Pass |
Nature's landscaping | The Dusy-Ershim 4-wheel drive road - the most difficult in the country |
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| A view of the Ritter Range, with the Minarets marked by the sharp peak just right of center | ||
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| Balanced rock at White Bark Vista | ||
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| The Silver Divide from White Bark Vista | ||
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| Huntington Lake from Dusy-Ershim Trail near White Bark Vista | ||
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| A wonderful rock pile | Sandi and Teri out on the edge | Boys being boys |
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| Sculpted granite on the Dusy-Ershim Trail | Cascade on Rancheria Creek above Huntington Lake | Sailboat racing on Huntington Lake |
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Rugged little dome below Shaver Lake Dam |
The creek beside the dome | Rancheria Falls across the canyon from Kaiser Pass Road |
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| A view of the Goddard Divide from above Kaiser Pass | We called this rock above Kaiser Pass Potato Rock |
Dogtooth Peak in the Dinkey Lakes wilderness, from above Kaiser Pass |
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| Big Creek above Huntington Lake, living up to its name | Looking downstream | Rancheria Creek near Huntington Lake |
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| Parts of the Goddard and LeConte Divides; Mt. Goddard is the large dark mountain toward the left | ||
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| Mt. Ritter from the Dusy-Ershim Trail | Mt. Goddard, seen from above Kaiser Pass | The "Overhanging Rock" at White Bark Vista above Kaiser Pass |
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| Dramatic
lighting on the Silver Divide, seen from White Bark Vista |
Kaiser Ridge and Kaiser Peak | The
trail to Balsam Forebay (by Wes Thiessen) |
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| Balsam Forebay, part of the Southern California Edison's Big Creek Hydroelectric Project (Thiessen) | ||
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| Another
view of the forebay (by Keith Sohm) |
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early snowstorm gave us this delightful scene |
In
late October, few leaves have turned on this black oak |
| Dinkey Creek - Wishon - Courtright Area | ||
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| Sunset from Stargazer Rock | Rock Creek | Lake Wishon |
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| Courtright Reservoir | Glacial erratics near Courtright Reservoir |
Another view of the boulders and glacier polish |
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| LeConte Divide from Courtright | Juniper on the Courtright Trail | Pond on old Wishon Road |
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| Shaver Lake | Big rock eats little rock | Minarets from the east |
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| Dinkey Creek Mill (ceased operations about 1975) | ||
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| Trash burner at the mill | Dinkey Creek Drainage | Rock Creek |
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| Waterfall on Rock Creek | Another Rock Creek waterfall | Close up of waterfall on Rock Creek |
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| Another close-up | Hell for Sure Lake & Devil's Punch Bowl from Hell for Sure Pass | Sunset colors over Kings Canyon |
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| Cabin in Statum Meadow | Road from Balch Camp to Black Rock Reservoir, North Fork, Kings River | Waterfall by the road above Black Rock |
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Falls on Rancheria Creek, North Fork canyon |
Mini water fall on Rock Creek | Intense shades of green by Rock Creek |
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| Natural landscaping near Stargazer Rock (Bald Mountain Base Camp) | View along the route to Neely Dome above Rock Creek | Rock Creek, 2011 |
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| Split rock near Bald Mountain | Bald Mountain from Dinkey Creek Road | Snow along the Dinkey Creek Road December 2014 |
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| More snow | Shaded tree keeps its snow blanket after the storm is over | Constant Dome, near Courtright Reservoir |
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| The LeConte Divide, separating the San Joaquin and Kings River drainages | ||
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| Courtright Reservoir, land of many domes | ||
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| Helms Creek Canyon | Courtright Reservoir | Domes to the east of the lake |
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| Giant granite slab on Dusy-Ershim Trail near Courtright Reservoir | Dark rock intrusion with a slight "flaw" | Above Courtright Dam |
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| Mystery Lake, Dinkey Lakes Wilderness |
Meadow with small pond adjacent to the lake |
Wrinkled rocks near the Dinkey Lakes trailhead |
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| Another look at Mystery Lake | Meadow on the trail from Courtright Reservoir | Dome between trail and lake rises above glacial erratics |
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| Maxson Dome north of the lake | Older rock embedded in the granite at the Courtright geological exhibit area |
An amazing natural sculpture - only the feet were added by humans |
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| Double domes east of Maxson Trailhead | ||
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| Where people have rearranged nature | ||
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| Sunrise on Sandy's Dome at Courtright | This jagged boulder must have fallen from the dome above |
Failing to climb this feature, I named it Hopeless Dome |
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| This rock pile on the way up Hopeless Dome proved too much for me |
Double Dome with Hopeless Dome in front |
Double Dome from the north |
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| More boulders along the Dusy-Ershim Trail near Courtright | Layered rock cliffs above the road to the Dusy-Ershim Trailhead | A few of the domes above Courtright Reservoir |
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| Colorful twisted rock above Bear Creek off McKinley Grove Road | ||
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| Bear Creek, off the McKinley Grove Road | Glacial polish shines in the sun on granite slope near Courtright | Late summer near Courtright |
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Juniper
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All the dirt roads and back roads near Dinkey Creek | Rock
formation by Road 9S02, south of Rock Creek Road |
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| Potholes in rock by Road 9S02 | Rock formation near Road 9S02 | Rock
ridge topped by a series of rounded boulders |
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| Light granite with a circle of black granite | Centuries of water running off this big rock have created these grooves | View of Mt. Goddard at left from ridge east of Courtright Reservoir |
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| Dinkey Creek gorge above Ross Crossing | Changing leaves and evergreens | Sun
and storm clouds over the domes of Courtright |
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| Sunset on the LeConte Divide | ||
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| Rocky ridge along the road to Bald Mountain | After a storm at Stargazer Rock | Rock
formation near Bald Mountain Summit on the Dinkey Creek Road |
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| Ridge above Highway 168 in the Creek Fire burn area | ||
| Fresno & Merced River Drainages | ||
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| Fresno Dome from the hiking trail | View from the trail to the top of the dome | Cascade on California Creek in the Nelder Grove Historic Area |
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| Panoramic view of the top of Fresno Dome | ||
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| Forest scene along the road to Buffin Meadow | Ancient stump near Buffin Meadow | Lower end of Buffin Meadow |
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| Fall color in Nelder Grove, featuring dogwood | ||
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Aftermath of Railroad Fire in Nelder Grove |
Miami
Creek, near Highway 41 in Madera County |
How people cross Lewis Creek |
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Fresno Dome from the Vista Point along Road 6S10 |
Mossy bank of Chinese Ditch near Fish Camp | Cascade on Rainier Creek near Fish Camp |
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| Fresno Dome from the eastern side | Cold Springs Meadow | Hikers at Chilkoot Lake |
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| Wawona Dome | Cascade on Lewis Creek | Manzanita and Bass Lake |
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| Bass Lake from Glass Rock | Lake from another angle | Snow
on the Sky Ranch Road above Oakhurst |
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| The snowy, muddy road to Nelder Grove | Sky Lake, a small pond on Sky Ranch Road | Rock formation on Sky Ranch Road |
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| Sunset near Road 620 |
Ancient stump in Buffin Meadow near Fish Camp |
Ditch carrying water diverted from Big Creek near Big Sandy Road |
