High Sierra Trail

A photo diary from the giant sequoias of Crescent Meadow, over Kaweah Gap and the Kern River canyon, to the summit of Mount Whitney.

72 Miles

7 Days

14,505ft Summit

Yellow arnica flowers on granite below the spires of Rowell Tower and Serpent's Tooth, Hamilton Lakes, Sequoia.Long exposure of Hamilton Lake at dusk with a bleached driftwood log in the foreground, Sequoia National Park.Backlit foxtail pine growing out of granite in the Big Arroyo, Sequoia National Park, photographed at 500mm.Creek running over granite slabs in the Big Arroyo beneath a deep blue star-lit sky, Sequoia National Park.Lenticular clouds over the Sierra crest at dawn, seen from high on Mount Whitney above the Great Western Divide.Sunrise rays through a granite window on the Mount Whitney Trail, looking east over the Owens Valley.
Lower Hamilton Lake in a bowl of polished granite on the High Sierra Trail, Sequoia National Park, under building cloud.Black and white photo of a hiker on the blasted ledge trail cut into the headwall above Hamilton Lake, Sequoia.Black and white photo of glacier-polished granite slabs and peaks in the Big Arroyo, Sequoia National Park.Black and white photo of two backpackers beside Guitar Lake below Mount Whitney with storm cloud building above.Pink dawn light on snow-streaked Sierra peaks photographed at 172mm from high on Mount Whitney, California.Black and white photo of two hikers descending the switchbacks below Trail Crest above a lake, Mount Whitney.
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