The route |
The highest of the Echo Peaks, Mt Tolkien (3404m) |
Cathedral lakes trailhead (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
Cathedral Peak |
Fire in the forest |
Fire in the forest |
Cathedral Peak |
Cathedral Peak |
Cathedral Peak |
Cathedral Peak |
Cathedral Peak |
Upper Cathedral Lake |
Upper Cathedral Lake |
Upper Cathedral Lake |
Echo Peaks |
Climbing the first Echo Peak |
Cathedral Lakes |
Cathedral Peak |
Climbing the first Echo Peak |
Climbing the first Echo Peak |
View north (Budd Lake) |
The other side of the chute |
Echo Peaks |
Echo Peaks |
Cathedral lakes |
Cathedral lakes |
Yosemite Valley |
The north side of Echo Peaks |
Matthes Range |
Panorama from Cathedral Peak to Budd Lake |
View from Echo Peaks |
The highest peak, Mt Tolkien |
The highest peak, Mt Tolkien |
Clouds Rest and Yosemite valley |
Clouds Rest and Yosemite valley |
A chute to descend to Echo Lake |
Among the Echo Peaks |
Among the Echo Peaks |
Among the Echo Peaks |
Among the Echo Peaks |
Among the Echo Peaks |
Among the Echo Peaks |
Echo Lake |
Echo Lake |
Echo Peaks |
Echo Peaks |
Echo Peaks |
The highest peak is to the right |
Echo Peaks |
Echo Peaks |
Echo Peaks |
Highest peak |
Echo Lakes |
Echo Peaks |
Matthes Range |
Matthes Range |
All the Echo Peaks from Mt Tolkien |
Cathedral Peak |
Summit of Mt Tolkien |
Cathedral peak |
Echo Peaks from the summit |
Yosemite Valley |
Matthes range |
Matthes range |
The range to the east of Mt Tolkien (Cockscomb?) |
The range to the east of Mt Tolkien (Cockscomb?) |
Budd Lake |
Mt Conness |
Mt Dana |
Mt Lyell |
Yosemite Valley |
Echo Peaks from Mt Tolkien |
Yosemite Valley |
View north |
View north |
Mt Lyell |
Descending to Echo Lake |
Matthes Range |
Not quite a summit register |
Unicorn |
Last views of the Echo Peaks |
Last views of the Echo Peaks |
Descending to Echo lake |
Last views of the Echo Peaks |
Last views of the Echo Peaks |
Last views of the Echo Oeaks |
Panorama: last view of the Echo Peaks (Mt Tolkien is all the way to the right) |
Last views of Echo Peaks |
Last views of Echo Peaks |
Echo Lake |
Last views of Echo Peaks |
Matthes Range |
Echo Peaks from Echo Lake |
Matthes range from Echo Lake |
Echo Peaks and Matthes Range |
Matthes Range from futher down |
Descending the drainage |
Hitting the Lake Merced trail |
Climbing |
Climbing |
Echo Peaks from the pass |
Echo Peaks from the pass |
At the pass |
Junction |
To the High Sierra camp |
To the High Sierra camp |
Horses and mules |
Horses and mules |
High Sierra Camp |
High Sierra Camp |
High Sierra Camp |
High Sierra Camp |
High Sierra Camp |
High Sierra Camp |
Junction with the trail to Tenaya Lake |
(multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
(multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
Climbing again |
Another pass |
Another pass |
Sunrise lake |
Sunrise lake |
Sunrise lake |
Sunrise lake |
Down to the Lower Sunrise lake |
Lower Sunrise lake |
Lower Sunrise Lake |
Lower Sunrise Lake |
Lower Sunrise Lake |
Lower Sunrise Lake |
Junction with the Sunrise trail |
Junction with the Sunrise trail (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
Junction with the Sunrise trail (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
Down towards Tenaya Lake |
Down towards Tenaya Lake |
Down towards Tenaya Lake |
Almost at the lake ((multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)) |
Almost at the lake ((multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)) |
Tenaya Lake |
Tenaya Lake |
Tenaya Lake |
Tenaya Lake (towards the eastern picnic parking lot) |