15 August 2010 : Moon and granite faces |
Organising gear |
Day 1: 16 August 2010. Me at start of John Muir Trail |
Roy at start of John Muir Trial |
Vernal Falls and Merced River |
Vernal Falls |
Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls |
Nevada Falls |
Half Dome, Mt. Broderick, and Liberty Cap (Select Original tab below to get a larger image to view) |
Trail Sign |
View down the Merced Valley |
Day 2: 17 August 2010. First campsite on the trail, Illilouette Creek |
Colourful Lichens on Pines |
Mt Starr King |
Jeffrey Pines - alongside track nearby junction |
Roy at track Junction with Half Dome in background |
Me at same location as previous image |
Switchback views |
Above Nevada Fall |
Merced River |
Above Nevada Fall |
Nevada Fall from above |
Roy, Nevada Fall Bridge |
Near campsite near Clouds Rest Junction. |
Day 3: 18 August 2010. White fir forest near Sunrise Creek |
View from outlook above Sunrise Creek - best viewed at original size and scroll across photo |
Above Sunrise Creek. Last view of Half Dome while heading towards Sunrise Mountain |
Roy approaching the top of Sunrise Mountain |
Track and wild flowers |
Purple daisy |
Corn lily flower |
Corn lily |
An Elephant's head flower |
Mountian views (please view at original size (see below) and scroll across page) |
Long Meadow |
Columbia Finger from Long Meadow |
Long Meadow and mountains |
Columbia Finger from north end of Long Meadow |
View to east of Columbia Finger (Please view at original size (see below) and scroll to right |
Yosemite mountains to the south from east of Columbia Finger |
Roy, Yosemite Mountains to South |
Me, East of Columbia Finger |
Me, mountains to the south of Columbia Finger |
Columbia Finger from east |
Large-leaf lupine |
Cathedral Peak and large-leaf lupine |
Meadow and Cathedral Peak |
Zoom in of Cathedral Peak |
Roy ready to continue after photo session |
Upper Cathedral Lake and Cathedral Peak |
Upper Cathdral Lake, Mountains of Tuolumne Catchment |
Nude buckwheat by Upper Cathedral Lake |
Nude buckwheat by Upper Cathedral Lake |
Upper Cathedral Lake and Cathedral Peak |
Cathedral Peak |
Roy at Lower Cathedral Lake |
Meadow east of Lower Cathedral Lake |
Sunset - Lower Cathedral Lake |
Day 4: 19 August 2010. Early morning light at Lower Cathedral Lake (scroll to right to view image) |
Morning light, Cathedral Peak |
Lone whitebark pine tree, Lower Cathedral Lake |
Sun about to be revealed behind Cathedral Peak |
Sun just poking through behind Cathedral Peak |
Sun being revealed behind Cathedral Peak in reflection |
Lower Cathedral Lake in morning |
A ground squirrel at Lower Cathedral Lake |
Belding's ground squirrel |
Tuolumne River, Fairview Dome |
Parson's Memorial Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows |
Old log cabin, Soda Springs, Tuolumne Meadow |
Roy, Lambert Dome behind |
Belding's ground squirrel |
Tuolumne Meadows, store, post office, and grill |