Day 7, 6:38 AM - The Kings River valley - escape at dawn
Return to day page View previous item 2 hours into the hardest day yet The Kings River valley - escape at dawn 3 hours and 40 minutes of strolling gets you this This trail has a name... Approaching Granite Pass Subject at Day 7 - the backpacking Zombie Scanning for Granite Pass Maybe that's Granite Pass? Unknown meadow at 10,500 feet Last look back before crossing Granite Pass Glacier-polished granite split by trees From Granite Pass, down to Granite Lakes basin View next item

Still on The Bitch, my goal was to reach the plateau, if possible, before the sun hit me. Having started the hike by moonlight, by the time I'd been climbing for an hour and a half, morning sunlight was already warming the rocky upper slopes on the other side of the Kings River valley, behind me.