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

2. Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) along Copper Creek

3. Sunset reflected in Grouse Lake

4. Grouse Lake in the morning

5. A view of one of the Glacier Lakes

6. Horseshoe Lakes vista

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

8. Jeanette and John at White Pass

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

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

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

12. Unknown flower near Marion Lake

13. A steep chute down to Marion Lake

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

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

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

17. The steep northern descent from Frozen Lake Pass

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

19. Back in the trees:
South Fork Kings River

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

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

22. Morning sun reflected in a vernal pond at our camp

23. A Woods Creek waterfall along the JMT

24. Looking back at Castle Dome Meadow

25. Descending Paradise Valley, late on my last day