July 28 - Eight days and 77 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail Photo Gallery by Bryan Murahashi at pbase.com

July 28 - Eight days and 77 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

Section I of the Pacific Crest Trail. From Sonora Pass to Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite NP.

Thanks to Bill for planning this great adventure in the Sierra wilderness.

Breath taking views from the top of the many passes.

And thanks to Bill, Sherri, and Ben,( veterans of the 23 day hike on the John Muir trail ) for the inspiration to me, Susan and John.

The big picture	Packed and ready for the ride to Lee Vining	Driving through Yosemite NP
Evening visit to Mono Lake	The Tufas of Mono Lake	Dinner at the Mobil gas station
Day 1 - Early morning at the motel in Lee Vining	Drop off at Lembert Dome, Yosemite NP	Waiting for the van to drive us to the trailhead
Stop at the Ranger Station to get our Wilderness Permit	Driving up to the Sonoma Pass	Unloading the trailer at Sonoma Pass
First group shot	Starting our hike on the Pacific Crest Trail	The historic Sonora Pass
At the Sonora Pass trail head	Starting our ascent	On the Pacific Crest Trail
View from the trail	Deer	First stream crossing
On the PCT	Lunch break	Still climbing
Taking a break	Some wildflowers along the trail	High country trail
Distant lake	Taking another little break	A distant view of our last climb
Leavitt Peak	Leavitt Peak	Our campsite, Latopie Lake
Top of the pass	Hiking down to Latopie Lake	Setting up our tents
John with our Iridium Satellite Phone	Flowering Corn Lily	Latopie Lake
Sunset	Moon Light	Dusk at Latopie Lake
The map of our first day on the PCT	Day 2 - 44 deg F morning	Calm Sunrise
Sunrise	The Bear Cannister	John
Clean Camp	Hike up from Latopie Lake	Leaving Latopie Lake
A sandy and slippery hike upwards	Taking a little break	Tree less hike
On the PCT	Above Latopie Lake	View Back
Our first and Only Snow Crossing	Our first and Only Snow Crossing	Snow Crossing
Cool and Breezy High Country Hike	Desolation trail	Rocky Trail
	At the Top of the World	Great high views
Great high views	View back
Checking the Map	Starting our long and winding descent	Our long and winding descent
Our long and winding descent	Descending into the forest	Looking back at the long trail
Entering the forest	Stream for filling our water bottles	Under the Trees
Wildflowers	A nice flowery stream	The bridge over Walker River
Mosquitoey Long Lake	Mosquitoe Free camp near the river	The map of our second day on the PCT
Day 3- Morning at Walker River	Morning at our campsite	Sunrise
Breaking Camp	Back on the Pacific Crest Trail
Climbing to Dorothy Pass	Climbing to Dorothy Pass	A pretty little Pond
A well marked trail	Going downhill	A Stream Crossing
1000 Miles from the Mexican Border	Taking a break at this little Waterfall	Lake Harriet
Lake Harriet	Still climbing	A Shady Break
A nice lake	Still Climbing to Dorothy Pass	At Dorothy Pass
We have just entered Yosemite NP	View back with Ben	Group at Dorothy Pass
Dorothy Lake	Dorothy Lake	Dorothy Lake
Lunch View	Nice meadow	Hiking Along Falls Creek
Grace Meadow	Grace Meadow	Along Falls Creek
A Mariposa Lily	Grace Meadow	Our campsite
Sherri treating some blisters	The Kitchen	View from our Camp site
Falls Creek	Day Three Map	Day 4 - Morning at Falls Creek
Morning at Falls Creek	Morning at Falls Creek	Sunrise
Bill ready for the days hike	Leaving Camp	Hiking along Falls Creek
Starting our climb	Wilma Lake	Taking a break
	The view as we climb	Near the top
And the downhill	Nice View	First clouds
Sunset at camp	Day Four Map	Day 5 - Sunrise
Catepillar on Bill's tent	Creek	Pumping water
Sherri helping Bill with his broken sunglasses	Leaving Camp	Shrooms
Nice little valley	Taking a break on the climb	Hiking along the Smedberg Lake Outlet
Near the top	A little lake along the trail
Downhill	Alpine Lake	PCT
Very Yosemite	Nice forest of ferns
Checking the map	Great views	Great views
Benson Lake Chaos	Hiking on all the fallen trees
Benson Lake	Another climb	Finally, Camp
Our very little stream	Sunset at the pond	Camp Toys
Day five map	Day 6 - Sunrise	Leaving Camp
Hike to Smedberg Lake	Smedberg Lake	Smedberg Lake
A nice meadow	A nice view	Another nice meadow
At the top of Benson Pass	Sherri at the top of Benson Pass	Mule Train
Down Benson Pass	Taking a break at this refreshing stream	Resting Deer
Thunder clouds	Winding Descent	View of the valley where we would camp
Lots of Granite	Stream near our campsite	Checking the map
John resting	Day 6 trail map	Day 7 - Sunrise
Sunrise	Crossing the stream	View back
Climbing the Matterhorn trail	A gate	View of where we came from
Taking a break from the long climb	Matterhorn peak?	Top of this pass
Break at the top	View Back	Miller Lake
A nice stream	Sherri soaking her hat	Great cascade
Lunch - Ben using the Satellite phone for his moms bday call	And Susan using the Satellite phone for her sisters bday call	Endless meadow
Glen Aulin High Sierra camp	The Bridge to end of the trip	Day 7 trail map
Day 8 - Thunder, Lightning and Rains - Wet tent	Trying to drying our wet tents	John's tent
Tuolumne River from the bridge	Falls above the Glen Aulin Falls	Tuolumne river to Glen Aulin Falls
Bill at the cascading Tuolumne river	Cascading Tuolumne river	Crossing the Tuolumne River.
Tuolumne river	Cathedral peak at Tuolumne Meadows	Yoga at Tuolumne meadows
The end - Back at Lembert Dome	Day 8 trail map	Evening at the Lee Vining Museum - the upside down house
Sunset at Lee Vining	Sunset at Mono Lake	Morning at the Lee Vining Museum
Sunrise at Lee Vining	1935 Chevy Dump Truck	Lee Vining Museum
Highway 395 View	Carson Pass meadow	John getting started on the next leg of the PCT