| Gallery of Photographs from the John Muir Trail - Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. |
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| Day 1 - Nevada Falls on the route up from Yosemite. Lives are lost each year when tourists ignore the signs and go swimming in the pools at the top of the falls only to be swept over them. |
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| Day 1 - Views across the valley on the route up to Sunrise High Sierra Camp. |
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| Day 1 - Located high in the mountains - this is Long Meadows, home to High Sierra Camp. |
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| Day 2 - Looking across to Cathedral Peak. |
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| Day 2 - Passing a mule train during the descent to Tuolumne Meadows. There are companies that will take your gear along the trail, guide you, set up your camps and cook your food. The only way they can transport gear along the trail is by mule, as there are no road routes into the Wilderness areas. |
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| Day 2 - Lyell Canyon provides a nice gentle couple of hours walking by the creek (river to you and me). |
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| Day 3 - The first Pass on the route - Donohue - this is typical of the snowfields encountered on the route and traversing it was a relatively straightforward affair, of course the amount of snow varies from year to year. |
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| Day 3 - The approach to Island Pass is gradual and interspersed with idealic scenes! |
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| Day 3 - Island Pass - looking onward to Banner Peak, above Thousand Island lake. |
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| Day 3 - Rock formations on the route from Thousand Island Lake to Garnet Lake. |
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| Day 4 - My fellow companions on the route between Shadow Lake and Reds Meadow. |
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| Day 4 - Gaining height above Reds Meadow. |
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| Day 5 campsite at Squaw Lake |
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| Day 6 - The descent from Silver Pass, early morning shot. |
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| Day 7 - Bear Ridge to Seldon Pass |
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| Day 7 - passing alongside Marie Lake located in Rosemarie Meadow on the approach to Seldon Pass. |
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| Day 8 - Fording the river on the final approach to Evolution Valley |
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| Day 8 - The camping spot at McClure Meadows - how perfect is that! |
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| Day 9 - Hiking up the Evolution Valley. |
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| Day 9 - unnamed lake, approaching the upper sections of Evolution Valley |
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| Day 9 - the final approach to Muir Pass |
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| Day 9 - The view from Muir Pass looking back over the route. |
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| Day 9 - The stone shelter that stands on the Muir Pass. |
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| Day 9 - The other side of Muir Pass. |
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| Day 9 - The Sun disappears during the final approach to the wooded valley containing Le Conte Canyon. |
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| Day 10 - This photo is useless to represent the view over Mather Pass - which took my breath away. |
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| Day 10 - The upper basin South of Mather Pass. |
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| Day 11 - Fin Dome seen from the approach to Dollar Lake |
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| Day 11 - Camping spot at Rae Lakes |
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| Day 12 - Charlotte Lake on the descent from Glen Pass |
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| Day 12 - The shapely cone of East Vidette on the approach to Vidette Meadow, the route continues to the valley floor near to the base of this peak, the next waypoint is Forresters Pass which is higher than the peak itself! |
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| Day 13 - Sandy Meadow on the approach to Crabtree Ranger Station and Guitar Lake. |
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| Day 13 - Another view of Sandy Meadow |
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| Day 13 - Camping at Guitar Lake |
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| Day 14 - Trail end on the top of Mount Whitney |
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| The trail back from the Mount Whitney Summit undulates across a rocky traverse. |
