Pictures of Cathedral Lakes, Echo Peaks, Sunrise Lakes in Yosemite

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Highlights

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From start to end

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The route

The highest of the Echo Peaks, Mt Tolkien (3404m)

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Cathedral lakes trailhead (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

Cathedral Peak

Fire in the forest

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Fire in the forest

Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak

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Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak

Upper Cathedral Lake

Upper Cathedral Lake

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Upper Cathedral Lake

Echo Peaks

Climbing the first Echo Peak

Cathedral Lakes

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Cathedral Peak

Climbing the first Echo Peak

Climbing the first Echo Peak

View north (Budd Lake)

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The other side of the chute

Echo Peaks

Echo Peaks

Cathedral lakes

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Cathedral lakes

Yosemite Valley

The north side of Echo Peaks

Matthes Range

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Panorama from Cathedral Peak to Budd Lake

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View from Echo Peaks

The highest peak, Mt Tolkien

The highest peak, Mt Tolkien

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Clouds Rest and Yosemite valley

Clouds Rest and Yosemite valley

A chute to descend to Echo Lake

Among the Echo Peaks

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Among the Echo Peaks

Among the Echo Peaks

Among the Echo Peaks

Among the Echo Peaks

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Among the Echo Peaks

Echo Lake

Echo Lake

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Echo Peaks

Echo Peaks

Echo Peaks

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The highest peak is to the right

Echo Peaks

Echo Peaks

Echo Peaks

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Highest peak

Echo Lakes

Echo Peaks

Matthes Range

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Matthes Range

All the Echo Peaks from Mt Tolkien

Cathedral Peak

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Summit of Mt Tolkien

Cathedral peak

Echo Peaks from the summit

Yosemite Valley

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Matthes range

Matthes range

The range to the east of Mt Tolkien (Cockscomb?)

The range to the east of Mt Tolkien (Cockscomb?)

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Budd Lake

Mt Conness

Mt Dana

Mt Lyell

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Yosemite Valley

Echo Peaks from Mt Tolkien

Yosemite Valley

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View north

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View north

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Mt Lyell

Descending to Echo Lake

Matthes Range

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Not quite a summit register

Unicorn

Last views of the Echo Peaks

Last views of the Echo Peaks

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Descending to Echo lake

Last views of the Echo Peaks

Last views of the Echo Peaks

Last views of the Echo Oeaks

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Panorama: last view of the Echo Peaks (Mt Tolkien is all the way to the right)

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Last views of Echo Peaks

Last views of Echo Peaks

Echo Lake

Last views of Echo Peaks

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Matthes Range

Echo Peaks from Echo Lake

Matthes range from Echo Lake

Echo Peaks and Matthes Range

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Matthes Range from futher down

Descending the drainage

Hitting the Lake Merced trail

Climbing

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Climbing

Echo Peaks from the pass

Echo Peaks from the pass

At the pass

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Junction with the John Muir trail (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

Junction with the John Muir trail (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

Junction with the John Muir trail (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

Junction

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Junction

To the High Sierra camp

To the High Sierra camp

Horses and mules

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Horses and mules

High Sierra Camp

High Sierra Camp

High Sierra Camp

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High Sierra Camp

High Sierra Camp

High Sierra Camp

Junction with the trail to Tenaya Lake

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(multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

(multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

Climbing again

Another pass

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Another pass

Sunrise lake

Sunrise lake

Sunrise lake

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Sunrise lake

Down to the Lower Sunrise lake

Lower Sunrise lake

Lower Sunrise Lake

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Lower Sunrise Lake

Lower Sunrise Lake

Lower Sunrise Lake

Junction with the Sunrise trail

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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

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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

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Tenaya Lake

Tenaya Lake

Tenaya Lake (towards the eastern picnic parking lot)

View from the top of Echo Peak/ Mt Tolkien

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