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Pacific Crest Trail – Sierra PCT Photos 2016

The mountains of the Sierra Nevada are incredible.  We have both been through this section multiple times and love it.  The hiking can be hard, but is some of the most rewarding in the US.  In the early summer when we passed through, all the passes were snow covered.  While this is not atypical since PCT hikers are in this section earlier than most JMT hikers, the snow pack does make for slower, wetter travel.  It also adds a beauty, a bit of a winter wonderland, as we call it. The Sierra Nevada are simply magical.

HIGH SIERRA PACIFIC CREST TRAIL PHOTOS

 

 

One of our first nights in the High Sierras at Cottonwood Pass

 

 

The John Muir Hut on Muir Pass

 

Heading up to Forester Pass

 

Looking south from Forester Pass

 

More on Forester Pass

 

On the Kearsarge Pass cutoff

 

At Kearsarge Pass

 

Our 1st of 3 outings to this taco truck in Independence

 

Headed back to the PCT on Kearsarge Pass

 

Mountain Man going for a ride down Glen Pass

 

SweetPea on the approach to Mather Pass

 

Happily motoring across Lake Edison toward Vermillion Valley Resort

 

Shot of Lake Virginia from Beardoh’s hammock

 

Thousand Island Lake

 

Beautiful pond in the morning light nearing Donahue Pass

 

Looking north from Donahue Pass

 

Beardoh on the northern end of Tuolumne Meadows

 

Stark change in ground cover on Sonora Pass

 

Enjoying some great Trail Magic at Sonora Pass

 

Posing with Lid in the Northern Sierra

 

Near The Nipple

 

Nearing Carson Pass

 

Desolation Wilderness, Near Lake Tahoe

 

Above Lake Tahoe

 

Pass Jump at Dick’s Pass

 

Taking a break overlooking Squaw Valley

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