From Onion Valley to Junction Peak via Forester Pass, Eastern Sierra
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From start to end
(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures)  The official trail is not much of a trail |
 View of Onion Valley from the trail |
 The trail as it dead-ends at Lake Robinson |
 At Lake Robinson |
 At Lake Robinson |
 Lake Robinson |
 Lake Robinson |
 Towards University Pass |
 Towards University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Up University Pass |
 Panoramic from University Pass (Mt Keith to Mt Stanford) |
 The John Muir trail comes up from down there |
 Down University Pass |
 Down University Pass |
 Down University Pass |
 Down University Pass |
 The beginning of the chute from Center Basin |
 At the lake in Center Basin |
 At the lake in Center Basin |
 At the lake in Center Basin |
At the lake in Center Basin |
 The location of University Pass |
 The location of University Pass |
 Panoramic from Center Basin looking east |
 The JMT comes up from that valley |
 Contouring Center Peak |
 Mt Stanford in the distance |
 Mt Stanford in the distance |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The John Muir Trail (JMT) |
Marmot |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 Mt Stanford |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 JMT towards Forester Pass |
 Forester Pass |
 Junction Peak from the peak to its west |
 The route to the top from the Ski Mountaineer's Pass |
 The route viewed from Ski Mountaineer's Pass |
 A view of the chutes from below the pass |
 A view of the chutes from below the pass |
 View south to the Kaweah range |
 Mt Keith |
 The main chute (the summit block is to the right) |
 Looking down into the main chute |
 The peak to the west and Ski Mountaneer Pass |
 The route to the summit |
 The pyramidal boulder |
 At the summit |
 USGS marker |
 Lakes between Diamond Mesa and Great Western Divide |
 From University Peak to Center Basin |
 View south with Williamson and Whitney |
 Diamond Mesa |
 Mt Tyndall and Mt Whitney to the south |
 Great Western Divide with Caltech Peak |
 View north with Center Basin to the right |
 The pyramidal boulder from the summit |
 Ski Mountaineer Pass and the main chute from the top |
 The route to the top |
Video from Junction Peak
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