Pictures
Roper wastes no time in getting the SHR into the high country. Soon after a steady descent up the Copper Creek Trail SHR hikers are given a taste of what is to come... (Photo courtesey of Buzz Burrell)
Middle Fork of the Kings River as seen from Windy Ridge
Buzz hiking up some granite "ramps" on the way towards White Pass, near Marion Peak.
A steep north-facing snow-choked gully on the descent to Marion Lake from Red Pass
The Marion Peak massif catches the sun's last rays of the day, as seen from Marion Lake.
The view east of the Palisades Basin from Cirque Pass, just to the east of Lake 3559. The PCT/JMT skirt the left/north sides of both lakes.
Evening light in Dusy Basin
An enormous Sierra juniper on the descent into Leconte Canyon from Dusy Basin
Entering sub-alpine on the JMT during the descent from Muir Pass into Evolution Basin.
Crossing a heavily sun-cupped snowfield on the way to Muir Pass (Photo courtesey of Buzz Burrell)