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Sunrise alpenglow.
From our makeshift camp at Saddlebag Lake, we had a
nice view of the first rays of sun illuminating the
ridgeline running southeast from the summit of Mount
Conness. |
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Ready to hit it.
Fully charged after a nice five hours of restless
sleep at altitude, Lance gives the thumbs up. |
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False White Mountain. Another great ski descent from Tioga Pass is the east face of False
White Mountain (12,002'), the pointy peak visible at
left here. |
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Saddlebag hike.
We set off too early to take the water taxi to the far
shore of Saddlebag Lake. However, it is only
about a 30-45 minute flat hike to Greenstone Lake from
the dam (in the background, with Mount Dana rising
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Mount Dana.
A nice shot of Mount Dana and its couloir (left of
summit) from Saddlebag Lake. |
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Excelsior Mountain.
At the end of Saddlebag Lake, the views open up
towards the Lundy/Virginia
Lakes area to the north. The broad
hulk of Excelsior Mountain dominates the view to the
north. Excelsior is one of those non-descript,
yet huge mountains that you can see from virtually
everywhere in the Yosemite area. |
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Greenstone Lake.
At the lake, we picked up Chris and Sierra, and began
to experience the curse of every California hiker --
the mosquito. We fought over our lone bottle of
deet, while swatting these annoying little bugs off of
every exposed piece of skin. Persistent little
bastards, they are.
Group shot at
Greenstone Lake, with North Peak in the background. |
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