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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