:: The Trinity Alps High Route ::
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:: The Trinity Alps High Route 2008 ::
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:: Trinity Alps High Route 2011-Attempt ::
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:: Trinity Alps High Route 2012 ::
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:: Trinity Alps High Route 2014 ::
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:: Trinity Alps Panoramas ::
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Grizzly Lake and Thompson Peak |
Waterfall that drains Grizzly lake, not a great photo |
Grizzly Lake |
Grizzly lake in the morning light |
Grizzly lake in the morning light, Thompson Peak |
Grizzly Lake morning view panorama |
Grizzly Lake sunset from my secret campsite |
Route to Mirror Lake from Grizzly Lake, and Mirror Pass |
Sawtooth Peak in the distance |
Mirror Lake |
Alps panorama and Mirror Lake |
Dayhike across the shoulders of Thompson Peak |
Thompson Peak |
Rest stop, a roll in the meadow with Pika, and a great view! |
Easy walking on the distant slabs, Sawtooth Peak |
View into Canyon Creek from Grizzly's arete. Kalmia Lake on left ridgetop. |
Canyon Creek view from Grizzly lake arete |
Sierra primrose and Cassiope |
The climbers route up to the saddle to access Thompson peak and beyond on the Alps High Route |
View from the saddle of Caesar and Thompson Peaks |
View from the saddle of Caesar and Thompson Peaks |
View towards Mt Hilton, and Rattlesnake cirque |
Cassiope heather, John Muir's favorite alpine flower near Thompson Peak |
An ancient twisted Foxtail pine on the shoulder of Thompson Peak |
Twisted ancient foxtail pine and whitebark pines in Alps |
A meadow few ever see in the Trinity Alps |
Thompson Peak on left, Wedding cake on right from the south west |
My campsite in Rattlesnake cirque with a sunset view of Thompson peak's south face |
Rattlesnake cirque accented with sunset glow |
Sunset glow on old growth hemlock, Thompson pk |
Alpen glows on an alpine landscape where few have ever been in the Trinity Alps |
Hemlock at sunset from my camp |
Sunset from my campsite in RS cirque |
The Alps High Route to Boulder lakes from Man-on-Rock Pass |
Man-on-Rock Pass and Wedding Cake Peak |
Julius Caesar Peak |
Wedding Cake Peak viewed from a small meadow few hikers ever see |
View down Canyon creek, Canyon Lakes, Sawtooth Peak |
View from my campsite up on the slabs |
Looking for the route over the arete into Papoose Lake in the morning |
The jagged arete above Canyon Creek along the High Route |
Climbing up the faces to get to the notch to Papoose Lake |
View north towards Thompson Peak, Caesar Pk, and Kalmia Lake along the Alps Hi route |
Grey Rock pass, the correct notch into Papoose Lake from Canyon Creek. Mt Shasta in distance, Kalmia lake on closer ridge. |
Papoose Lake white pine snag |
Papoose Lake cirque |
Papoose Lake view |
Papoose Lake panorama |
Old growth hemlock carried down from high by avalanche into Papoose lake |
Wind blown whitebark pine on the rim of Papoose lake |
Papoose Lake as the sun sets |
Bear Creek Valley |
Bear Creek Valley in the morning |
Foxtail pines in Bear Basin, Trinity Alps |
Foxtail pine in Bear Creek valley |
Luella Lake from the trail that goes to Diamond Lake |
Luella Lake panorama |
Diamond Lake in the morning |
Doe Lake's sunrise glows on ice, snow, and rock in July |
Water ripples on a wilderness lake |
Tiger lily (Liliium columbianum) |
Large ponderosa pine snag eroded by land slide in 1997 |
Jorstad Cabin on Grizzly Creek. Vintage gold miners cabin. |
Jorstad cabin, Trinity Alps, Grizzly Creek |
Jorstad Cabin, Grizzly Creek. Vintage log cabin 1930s. Two wives, WW2, gold, freedom and a great life at this precious place! |
Stuart Creek |
Deer Creek cascades |
Deer Creek Bridge |
Deer Creek bridge |
My campsite in Morris Meadows. |
Morris Meadows visitor |
Morris Meadows deer |
Morris Meadows deer |
Morris Meadows |
Morris Meadows in morning light |
Kelly and her cape. |
Trail to Emerald lake and fresh snow |
Stuart creek upper valley |
Canyon walls and avalanche chutes |
Kelly takes a rare break |
Stuart Creek trail |
Emerald Lake's outlet waterfall |
Emerald Lake outlet falls |
View down Stuart Creek canyon from Emerald lake |
Emerald lake and vintage dam at 5500ft |
Emerald Lake outlet stone dam from the 1800s |
Emerald Lake ice and snow |
Kelly checks out the dam |
Sapphire Lake basin cirque |
Emerald lake waters |
Emerald Lake stone dam |
Drying wet boots |
Dead tree near outlet of Emerald Lake |
Emerald Lake Panorama from the ancient rock dam |
Emerald Lake cirque panorama |
Upper Morris Meadows |
Upper Morris Meadows |
A well earned rest for Kelly |
Kelly resting in meadow |
Devil's Canyon |
Devil's Canyon |
Bear bed nest |
Is this a Bear or Bigfoot bed nest? |
Morris Meadows morning light |
Morris Meadows morning |
Morris Meadows morning |
Morris Meadows and dog |
Lower meadow |
Trinity Alps |
Alps High Route. This map shows most of the xc routes I've hiked. Hike at your own risk!! |
Mills creek meadows |
Mountain Mahogany near Mills Creek Lake |
Upper Mills creek meadows |
Upper Mills Creek basin |
Upper Mills Creek basin |
Wierd clouds in the Alps today |
East Boulder Lake and Kelly |
East Boulder Lake panorama |
Mountain Mahogany near E Boulder Lkae |
Upper East Boulder Lake |
PCT between Boulder Lakes |
PCT between Boulder Lakes |
PCT between Boulder Lakes |
Bob's Tarn in the Alps |
Bob's Tarn in the Alps |
Cupboard built into the hollow of a foxtail pine |
Cupboard built into the hollow of a foxtail pine |
Cupboard tree in the Alps |
Cupboard tree in the Alps near Bob's tarn |
Cupboard tree in the Alps |
Bobs Tarn panorama looking north towards PCT |
Bobs Tarn panorama looking south from the PCT |
Mt Shasta in the distance along Section P of the PCT |
Mt Shasta in the distance along Section P of the PCT |
Mt Shasta framed by foxtail pines |
Mt Shasta framed by foxtail pines |
Foxtail pines frame the trail near Middle Boulder lake |
Middle Boulder lake PCT trail sign |
Middle Boulder Lake basin |
Foxtail pines on ridgeline eastside of Middle Boulder lake |
Upper Middle Boulder lake basin |
Diamond Lake |
Diamond Lake |
Diamond lake reflection |
Long Canyon meadow of flowers |
Bee Tree Gap |
Kelty Serac on the Caribou Lake trail during my first hike in the Alps. |
Siligo Meadows camp |
Little Stonewall Pass |
Mirror Lake campfire |
Emerald and Sapphire Lakes |
Siligo Meadows at the head of Long Canyon |
Diamond Lake basin |
Heather in Long Canyon |
Horseshoe Lake |
Grizzly Lake Trail |
Grizzly Meadows and Thompson Peak |
Grizzly Lake and Thompson Peak |
Grizzly Lake Falls |
Grizzly Lake Falls |
Upper Canyon Creek meadows and deer |
Grizzly lake camp and Bibler |
Grizzly Lake and Thompson Peak |
Old growth Red firs near Grizzly Lake |
Thompson Peak across Grizzly Lake |
Trinity Alps near Mt Hilton |
View of Mt Hilton from Kalmia Lake |
Trinity Alps High Route and Grey Rock Pass |
Trinity Alps glaciated slopes on the High Route. |
Kalmia Lake and Thompson Peak |
Tiger lilies in Trinity Alps |
Fields of heather in Trinity Alps |
Upper Canyon Creek and granite peaks |
High Route around Mt Hilton |
Mirror Lake from Mirror Pass |
Mirror Lake from the ledge |
Mirror Lake viewed from Kalmia Pass, Caesar Pk |
Mirror Lake, Mirror Pass, and Caesar Peak. |
The Mirror Lake ledge |
The Mirror Lake Ledge, Kalmia Pass, and Sawtooth Peak |
Mirror Lake viewed from Mirror Pass and Ledge route |
TA Mirror Lake, Sawtooth Peak, and Twin Pine Pass |
Sawtooth Peak near Twin Pine pass |
Sawtooth Peak 's eastern terraces camp |
Alpine Lake and the first snow |
Mirror Lake |
Toledo and me at Mirror Lake |
Canyon Creek Lakes |
Papoose Lake sunset reflections |
Papoose Lake sunset |
Papoose Lake reflections |
Papoose Lake |
Papoose Lake |
Papoose Lake shoreline hemlocks |
Twin Pine Pass |
The Trinity Alps High Route |
Mirror Pass |
Morris Lake |
Smith Lake Terraces |
Sawtooth Peak over Morris Lake |
Smith Lake terraces |
Mirror Lake Camp |
Mirror Lake reflections |
Mirror and Kalmia Pass |
Mirror Lake campsite during High Route trip |
PCT near Carter Meadows |
PCT near Carter Meadows |
Foxtail pines along PCT |
Ancient giant foxtail pine- Magnificent even in death! |
Giant Foxtail pine |
Giant Foxtail pine |
Middle Boulder lake |
Trail sign |
Snow along pct near East Boulder lake |
Big Marshy Mdws Panorama |
Big Marshy meadows |
Pitcher plants (Darlingtonia californica) |
Pitcher plants (Darlingtonia californica) |
Small cabin |
Thomas Furlong's Gravestone |
Trailor's Gravestone |
Gravestone |
Gravestone camp |
Tangle Blue lake |
Rainbow tent and last light |
Peridotite and meadows |
Small Alps meadow |
Eagle Creek Bench meadow |
Eagle Peak |
Section Line lake |
Section Line lake camp |
Section Line lake |
Section Line lake reflections BW |
Section Line lake reflections BW |
Section Line lake reflections BW |
Section Line lake reflections BW |
Pct near Carter Meadows |
Trinity Alps Wilderness sign |
Trinity Alps Glaciers from Eagle Creek Divide |
Washington Lily (Lilium washingtonianum) |
Grizzly Lake Falls |
Thompson Peak and Grizzly lake |
Sawtooth Peak from descent to Mirror Lake |
Mirror Lake and the Ledge route |
Mirror Lake |
Mirror Lake |
Flowers at Mirror Lake |
Thompson Peak at sunrise |
Leaning whitebark pine on route to Bear pass |
Switchback's ULA P1 pack in the Trinity Alps |
Mirror Pass northside panorama |
Mirror Pass from southside view is north |
Grizzly Falls panorama at sunset |
Sapphire Lake at sunset from Mirror Lake |
Grizzly Lake Waterfall Outlet |
Long Gulch lake panorama |
Long Gulch Lake Panorama |
Trail Gulch Lake Panorama |
Trail Gulch Lake campsite panorama |
Integral Designs Silshelter at Trail Gulch Lake |
Integral Designs Silshelter at Trail Gulch Lake |
Eagle Peak and Mt Shasta in the distance |
Monte's Meadow |
Kelly dog dressed for warmth at Long Gulch Lake |
A warm fire on a cold nite at Trail Gulch Lake |
Moon Rise from Trail Gulch Lake |
Moon Rise from Trail Gulch Lake |
Steavelle Meadows in the Trinity Alps |
Warm fire on a cold nite in the Trinity Alps |
Long Gulch Lake |
Moon Rise from Trail Gulch Lake - BW |
Trail Gulch Lake, formerly known as Long Gulch Lake |
Steavele Meadow 1.5 Mile |
Long Gulch Lake 2 Miles |
Schlomberg Cabin Site 2 Miles |
Trail Gulch Lake 1 Mile |
Off Trail meadow cirque near Trail Gulch Lake |
The Biggest Fish in Long Gulch lake!! |
Trail Gulch Lake Panorama from trail on ridgeline saddle |
Monte's campsite and meadow |
Schlomberg Cabin |
Schlomberg Cabin |
Schlomberg Cabin hand split cedar shingles |
Schlomberg Cabin Outhouse |
Monte's Meadow and trail |
Vintage trail sign |
Long Gulch trail to saddle |
Alps meadow and trail junction |
Monte's 1977 campsite |
Sun frosted trees on ridge above Trail Gulch lake |
Warm fire at Trail Gulch Lake |
1940s Trinity Alps Post Card - Sapphire Lake |
Pika in the Trinity Alps above Little South Fork Lake |
Arete ridgeline between Thompson Peak and Wedding Cake Peak |
Wedding Cake and Man-on-Rock Pass |
Wedding Cake and Man-on-Rock Pass - Trinity Alps |
Trail Gulch lake cirque |
PCT approaching Carter Meadows summit |
Trail Gulch Lake panorama |
Clouds decend upon Trail Gulch lake |
Clouds decend upon Trail Gulch lake |
It rained like hell! at Trail Gulch Lake |
My only fire for the rainy 3 day hike at Trail Gulch Lake |
Sawtooth Peak from Morris Meadows |
Sawtooth Ridge from upper Morris Meadows |
Sawtooth Ridge from Upper Morris Meadows |
Sawtooth Peak above Bear Creek Canyon |
Lower Morris Meadows and Sawtooth Ridge |
My hidden campsite in Morris Meadows |
Upper Morris Meadows and Sawtooth Ridge |
An Aspen in Upper Morris Meadows, Sawtooth Ridge in distance |
My snowfree campsite in Morris Meadows |
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Drying evening's campfire wood |
Kelly enjoys the sun |
Kelly enjoys the sun |
Kelly enjoys the sun |
Nice campsite! |
Bear canyon and Smith Lake is over the ridge |
Fall meets winter |
Last colors |
Last colors |
Deer Creek |
Deer Creek bridge |
Kelly's first snow camping trip |
Sunset on a ridge near Carter Mdws |
Ridgeline near Carter Mdws |
Sunset near the Trinity Alps |
Fire and Light in the Trinity Alps |
Kelly on her first snow camping trip |
Ridgeline campsite north of Carter Mdws |
Kelly tucked in after a big snow day |
Sunset on Trail Gulch Lake cirque |
Russian Peak view point |
View of Trail Gulch and Long Gulch Lakes Cirques |
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Greg ponders fire |
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December's full moon trek |
Fox Creek Lake Moonrise |
Big Marshy Lake Sunrise |
Big Marshy Lake Sunrise |
Tangle Blue Lake Panorama |
Big Bear Lake Panorama |
Big Blue Lake Panorama |
Little Bear Lake Panorama |