Day hikes in the Sierra Nevada July 2013 Resting at Duck Lake
Giant Red Paintbrush (Castelleja miniata) along Rock Creek
Mts. Morgan, Bear Creek Spire, and Dade above Rock Creek, Little Lakes Basin
Ruby Lake, Little Lakes Basin
Bouquet of flowers along Rock Creek
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily on Clouds Rest trail
Sierra lilies (Lilium kelleyanum) enroute to Treasure Lakes, John Muir Wilderness
A depleted South Lake
Monkey flowers and stream near Upper Treasure Lakes
Gorgeous Alpine Columbines (perhaps hybridized) near Treasure Lakes
Jeffrey shooting stars (Dodecatheon jeffreyi) at Treasure Lakes
Treasure Lakes lunch vista, John Muir Wilderness
Mt Johnson rising above an alpine tarn
(Cassiope mertensiana) below Mt Johnson White heather (Cassiope mertensiana) below Mt Johnson
Alpine Penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii)
Sierra stonecrop (Sedum obtusatum)
Approaching clouds above Treasure Lakes
Alpine Columbine (Aquilegia pubescens) and Pink Alumroot (Heuchera rubescens) near Duck Pass
Barney Lake vista from near Duck Pass
Arizona Thistle (Cirsium arizonicum), Schulman Grove, Inyo NF
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) snag, Schulman Grove
With Sue at Schulman Grove
Bristlecone Pine texture
Sue pointing out an unprepossessing Methuselah, now the 2nd oldest Sue pointing out an unprepossessing Methuselah, now the 2nd oldest* living thing *An older Bristlecone Pine has now been dated. Excludes clonal colonies
Cushion buckwheat (Eriogonum ovalifolium) Mt Dana
Sky Pilot (Polemonium eximium) at 12,500 ft., Mt Dana
Corn lilies (Veratrum californicum), Mt Dana
Giant Mountain Larkspur (Delphinium glaucum), Mt Dana
A streamside bouquet, Mt Dana
Jeffrey Pine snag, Piute Pass trail, John Muir Wilderness
Sierra Gentian (Gentiana holopetala), Piute Pass trail
Piute Lake
My lunch vista of Summit Lake and Humphrey’s Basin from Piute Pass
A yellow-bellied marmot at Piute Pass
(P. heterodoxus var. heterodoxus), Sierra Penstemon (P. heterodoxus var. heterodoxus), Piute Pass
Unknown pink flower near Piute Pass
Scarlet Penstemon (P. rostriflorus), Piute Pass
Sierra Primrose (Primula suffrutescens), Piute Pass
Bouquet along Piute Pass trail
Red hills beside Piute Pass trail
Western Tiger Swallowtail and Sierra Lily
Western Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum) along Piute Pass trail