Crossing the Sierras from Kings Canyon to Onion Valley

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See this page for the first part of the trail from Roads End to the junction with the Sphinx Creek trail

Click here for the trail up to the Sphinx junction

Click here for the trail from Sphinx junction to East Lake junction

At the junction with the Sphinx Creek trail
Bubbs Creek
A few creak crossings
but mostly a nice walk in the woods


In the distance, the Kearsarge Pinnacles
The mountains across the creek
Junction meadow
Wildflowers

East Lake junction
The East Lake canyon
Waterfall on the other side
Rapids near Vidette Meadow

The mountain above
The rapids from above
The top of the rapids
More rapids

More rapids
Towards Vidette Meadow

Waterfall/I
Waterfall/II
Waterfall/III
Towards Vidette Meadow

In the distance, Kearsarge Pass
More waterfalls
The rapids from above
The junction before Vidette Meadow

Meeting the group that is hiking in the opposite direction
Kearsarge Pinnacles
Center Mountain way south
The tree line under the lakes

The Vidette across the canyon
In the Kearsarge basin
Bullfrog Lake
One of the Kearsarge Lakes

Kearsarge Pass further east
The mountains on the west
The Kearsage Lakes

The Kearsage Lakes
The trail to the Pass
The trail to the Pass
The Pass

The trail
Bullfrog Lake
The Pass
The Kearsarge Lakes and Bullfrog Lake

The mountains in front
Kearsarge Pass
Kearsarge Pass
The first view of Owens Valley

A lake right below the pass on the other side
The vegetation on the other side
Another lake
The steep trail down

Yet another lake
The first view of the town of Independence
Another waterfall
Waterfall and lake

Yet another waterfall
The first view of the parking lot
and the last view of Kearsarge Pass

The Kearsarge Pass trailhead at the parking lot
The trailhead
The trailhead

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(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me