Great weekend in a place that no one knew would be so impressive. As you look at these photos or any others online, there is no way to visualize what it looks like in person. The views are extremely vast on a scale I'm not used to. The only thing similar I think would be high altitude meadows in Colorado. California never ceases to amaze me in the diversity of its terrain. I had a amazing and relaxing weekend!
Travis and I met up with the crew around 930pm at funnel lake. This is me blinding everyone lol
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heres what I woke up to
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Our camp site in the daylight
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Heading away from the lake on the way to see the glacier
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Getting close to the glacier view areas
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There it is!
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Ice stays all year on this side of Mordor
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Next up was Baker creek for our camp site.
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The next morning it was time to start the trip to high altitude. This is the salty peterson mine
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This brook crossing was horribly defaced with flowers
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Success! 11000 feet MSL
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progress was slow lol. Around every corner was a view that demanded time to be taken in
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Heres Travis standing in the foreground
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Schriber mine itself was a waste of time, but the trip there more then made up for it. This random camp was along the way
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