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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:
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New
photos added here September 28,
2023 (captions
in red) |
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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
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Huntington Lake |
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Boulders
and meadow near Mono Hot Springs Resort
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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
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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
and domes east of
Courtright Reservoir |
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 |
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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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