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Evolution Basin

The Evolution Basin is one of the most scenic regions in the Sierra Nevada. Located at the northern tip of Kings Canyon National Park, it is deep within roadless wilderness, and represents the harshest and gentlest elements of John Muir's 'Range of Light.'

Many of the peaks surrounding the Evolution Basin are named for the great thinkers in the field of evolution: Darwin, Mendel, Haeckel, Wallace, Fiske, Warlow, Huxley, Spencer, Lamarck. The basin and surrounding cirques have an overwhelming feeling of newness, as if the visitor has arrived just after the glaciers have receeded. Nearly the entire region is above tree line, with slab and meadow and lake and peak the primary elements of scenery.

Alpenglow on Mount Huxley
Alpenglow on Mount Huxley
Evolution Lake
Evolution Lake
The Black Giant
The Black Giant
Mount Solomons
Mount Solomons
On the summit of Mount Spencer
On the summit of Mount Spencer
View down Evolution Valley
View down Evolution Valley
Tom on Mount Spencer
Tom on Mount Spencer
Storm Brewing
Storm Brewing
Glacial tarn near Mount Darwin
Glacial tarn near Mount Darwin
North face of Mount Darwin
North face of Mount Darwin
Panorama east and south from Mount Spencer
Panorama east and south from Mount Spencer
Mount Mendel
Mount Mendel
Juniper
Juniper
Evolution Lake
Evolution Lake
Evolution Basin and The Hermit
Evolution Basin and The Hermit
Evening at Chasm Lake
Evening at Chasm Lake
Ionian Basin
Ionian Basin
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Mount Huxley
Mount Huxley