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

(Copyright © 2015 Piero Scaruffi)
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Highlights


From start to end

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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 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


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)

View from the top of Echo Peak/ Mt Tolkien


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(Copyright © 2015 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me