Crossing the Sierras from Kings Canyon to Onion Valley
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Notes of this trip
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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 |
(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal
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