Sierra High Route Backpack Trip Kings Canyon National Park August 2013 At Frozen Lake Pass, 12,340 ft.

Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) along Copper Creek

Sunset reflected in Grouse Lake

Grouse Lake in the morning

A view of one of the Glacier Lakes

Horseshoe Lakes vista

Evening view North from our camp along the South Fork Kings River (zoom)

Jeanette and John at White Pass

The Northwest Ridge of Marion Peak (12,719 ft.)

Climbing the Northwest Ridge, Marion Peak* * - We stopped at this point, before the gnarly knife edge along the summit ridge

Marion Lake and Red Pass (lower left) from NW ridge, Marion Peak

Unknown flower near Marion Lake

A steep chute down to Marion Lake

Looking back on the granite boulders (some bus-sized) we navigated to enter Lakes Basin

We stayed two nights at this lovely spot Lakes Basin camp view We stayed two nights at this lovely spot

View backwards as we headed up Frozen Lake Pass, the most difficult part of the trip

The steep northern descent from Frozen Lake Pass

The view back up Frozen Lake Pass from Frozen Lake Note how little snow remains in this very dry year

Back in the trees: South Fork Kings River

Along the John Muir Trail (JMT), just South of Pinchot Pass

Alpenglow from the morning sun at our camp along the JMT near Twin Lakes (zoom)

Morning sun reflected in a vernal pond at our camp

A Woods Creek waterfall along the JMT

Looking back at Castle Dome Meadow

Descending Paradise Valley, late on my last day