Day 3, 3:40 PM - Mather pass over alpine tuft grass
View previous item Lush Alpine meadow above Twin Lakes California Bighorn sheep area - 11,000 ft Passing Mt. Wynne - 11,200 ft Approach to Pinchot Pass - 11,500 ft Back across Bighorn Plateau to Acrodectes Peak Pinchot Pass - Why we do this Lake Marjorie from Pinchot Pass The hour of truth... Halfway to Lake Marjorie Camp Number 3 at 11,000 ft Tomorrow's Destination: Mather Pass Dry tarn with red fringe grass Mather pass over alpine tuft grass Mt. Pinchot overlooking Lake Jasmine The Agony of da Feet Din-din in the high Sierra After dinner walk with the mosquitos View next item

My lakeside camp is located just where the terrain drops down into Upper Basin. These high dry plateaus often support this peculiar alpine tuft grass, which, for some reason, always grows in little ... tufts. I suppose this might be a strategy for corralling pools of water? In the background, another view of the morning's coming hike. The toes are pleading for sanity...