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Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 4, 2007 - 08:51pm PT
Our fine Sierra, a magical place. . . .

Lyell Canyon

Horse Creek Pass

Gallison Lake Basin

Among the Echo Peaks

Sierra Riviera, Benson Lake
Dr. Taco

Social climber
New Freedonia, Caledonia
Nov 4, 2007 - 08:58pm PT
Not sure what all those picutres are for, but YES, I absolutely LOVE their beers!

Thanks for posting!

Dr. Taco
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2007 - 11:18pm PT
YOSAR at Mt. Clark, October, 1986
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2007 - 11:33pm PT
Hey Walter, that's Russ w/o helmet. Cold that day, but they sure fed us well at the end of the day. Risk. . . .
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Nov 4, 2007 - 11:36pm PT

a life saver in dire times.
pyro

Big Wall climber
Ventura
Nov 4, 2007 - 11:41pm PT
I'm with you munge!
cosco gives you 24 "4" $20
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 5, 2007 - 01:02am PT
mmmm...Pale Ales...




DD
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 5, 2007 - 04:09am PT
No, but to be honest zippy the pin head interrupted many of those shots so they didn't really come out...:>)
I'll try to find 1 or 2 that did.

No, both pics are from the Kearsarge area.
With the Mart Man.

Here's one from the Leap...

DD
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2007 - 08:43am PT
Potluck Pass


DD, how about this trip om 1994. . . .
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 5, 2007 - 01:09pm PT
Sierra Nevada over Sierra Nevada



Tahoe climber

Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
Nov 5, 2007 - 03:39pm PT
This is a cool thread.
Headed to the East Side today.
Can't wait.
Be in Bishop thru the weekend, if anyone's around.
Those pics of the Leap - and is one of those last ones Fallen Leaf? - sure do make me homesick down here in crappy SoCal.
*dramatic, theatrical sigh*

-Aaron
GDavis

Trad climber
SoCal
Nov 5, 2007 - 04:10pm PT
Beautiful Pics.
Gary

climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Nov 5, 2007 - 05:11pm PT
L

climber
Right side of the Brain, Left side of the Road.
Nov 5, 2007 - 05:17pm PT
TMJ--That first photo is of a painting, isn't it? Do you know the name or artist?

The rest of those photos brought tears to my eyes, they're so beautiful...and I miss the mountains so much.

Thanks for this thread.
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Nov 5, 2007 - 05:20pm PT
It's Alfred Bierstadt. I have a painting of his staring me in the face on the far wall in my office. Whenever I need a mental break, I look at it and it takes me away.

Now if I can only get there for real...
pyro

Big Wall climber
Ventura
Nov 5, 2007 - 05:25pm PT
I've convinced my lady to name our first child "Sierra"..
TGT

Social climber
So Cal
Nov 5, 2007 - 05:28pm PT




Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2007 - 09:31pm PT
Ptarmigan Lake

The Pantry

Riegelhuth and Clyde
nita

climber
chica from chico
Nov 5, 2007 - 10:28pm PT
Jody, The Seven Gable peak shot from your website ..........Beautiful!
le_bruce

climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
Nov 5, 2007 - 10:30pm PT
A cold morning this fall, Tenaya to Cathedral:

Tenaya before sunrise:

Foot of the Tenaya Buttress:

Start of the 5th class:

Typical features of this great climb, lots of flakes and cracks in clean, pretty granite:

Frosted pines looking East, and the first rays of morning:

Some snow on the ledges up top:

Once at the summit, it's a beautiful hike along the ridge to get to Cathedral:

Water sources on said ridge if you left the water in the car, thinking you just wanted to do Tenaya and head down, but later decide the day is bluebird and you'd like to walk over to Cathedral:

Looking back at the sweep of Tenaya:

Fairview and Conness:

And the trifecta:
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2007 - 10:48pm PT
Wow! These fine posts by everyone is what I was hoping for.

Lyell Fork of the Merced
john hansen

climber
Nov 5, 2007 - 11:34pm PT







Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 5, 2007 - 11:41pm PT
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 6, 2007 - 12:32am PT

3rd Pillar


Just N. of Green Creek
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 6, 2007 - 12:53am PT


Another Sierra Song...



Sky Pilot


Happy Boulder


Tioga Lk.
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2007 - 09:33am PT
Hutchins Fork

Third Pillar

Rodgers Lake
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2007 - 08:43pm PT
From the Annual Half Dome Summit Party, Halloween, 1986
Festus

Mountain climber
Enron by the Sea
Nov 6, 2007 - 09:05pm PT
Before I end up (on merit) with an ST noose around my neck for rarely making a climbing post, my helmet and axe are in this picture, dammit. Take that!
Well, er, no, not my rope...'cuz I, uh, don't own one.
Tahoe climber

Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
Nov 6, 2007 - 09:45pm PT
don't OWN one!?

Oh, the horror!

Cool thread.

Aaron
john hansen

climber
Nov 6, 2007 - 10:54pm PT


North Lake, above Bishop

Gary

climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Nov 6, 2007 - 11:02pm PT

HighGravity

climber
The burning south
Nov 6, 2007 - 11:14pm PT
Traverse pitch on Clyde.

donn goodhew

Boulder climber
san leandro,ca
Nov 7, 2007 - 02:38am PT
Definition of a good day

TYeary

Mountain climber
Calif.
Nov 7, 2007 - 09:51am PT

Gary

climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Nov 7, 2007 - 09:57am PT
Gary

climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Nov 7, 2007 - 07:21pm PT
Standing Strong

Trad climber
where the wild things are
Nov 7, 2007 - 07:31pm PT
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Nov 7, 2007 - 08:01pm PT
Matterhorn Peak:



Summit of Matterhorn looking south into the park:

Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2007 - 10:43pm PT
A special visit to the Center of the Universe, September, 1999

Dana Meadows Retreat with Baby Stella, September, 1999
Conrad

climber
Nov 8, 2007 - 12:46am PT
nita

climber
chica from chico
Nov 11, 2007 - 02:24am PT
Here's one of Andy's/Delhi Dog's pics from the Pioneer Basin west of Mono Pass/Little Lakes Valley.
JOEY.F

Social climber
sebastopol
Nov 11, 2007 - 03:49am PT
Here's a couple from the Black Giant,
Palasades area
JOEY.F

Social climber
sebastopol
Nov 11, 2007 - 04:00am PT
Lake Ediza
forgive me, I just bought a scanner!
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 11, 2007 - 03:34pm PT
Along a Cathedral Range traverse, ca. Early 1960’s

CFetterolf

climber
Nov 11, 2007 - 09:17pm PT



Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 11, 2007 - 11:25pm PT
Bitterroot on Dana Plateau


Townsley Lake


“Whorl Pass” (startlingly difficult with a full pack!)

john hansen

climber
Nov 12, 2007 - 12:07am PT
Risk

Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 2, 2013 - 05:08pm PT
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Feb 2, 2013 - 05:33pm PT

One of my own little special spots.

Big boulders in the Gorge of Despair.

TM... Thanks for bumping this.
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 2, 2013 - 06:07pm PT
North Palisades from the White-Inyo Mts

Mt Humphreys from White-Inyo Mts

Mt Conness

The obligatory Mt Whitney shot at sunrise

Climbers on E. Buttress taken from E Face Mt Whitney

Gaylor Lake

Panorama from Dewey Pt in Winter
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Feb 2, 2013 - 07:31pm PT
Gary, I recognized the shot of climbers approaching the summit of Mt. Humphreys.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 2, 2013 - 08:16pm PT
this just in

climber
north fork
Feb 2, 2013 - 08:28pm PT
Some great photos, thanks for the thread and the bump TM.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Feb 2, 2013 - 09:59pm PT
Great, great place....give the Wind Rivers a run for the money.
TwistedCrank

climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
Feb 2, 2013 - 10:07pm PT
So.

Is it possible to take a *bad* picture of the Sierra Nevada?
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:48am PT
no caption needed...
Scott Thelen

Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
Feb 3, 2013 - 07:26pm PT
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:17pm PT

I knever get tired of this. . .


John M

climber
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:21pm PT
Wow.. nice photo Burchey. Did you take that?


Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:25pm PT
Nice photo burchey

During the right time of the year, there's a great ski run from the summit there down to that little tarn in the middle of your photo. You just gotta make sure that you traverse over into the next chute so that you don't ski off a cliff. (:
Batrock

Trad climber
Burbank
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:39pm PT










Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:57pm PT




tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:17pm PT
Bear Creek Spire
Psilocyborg

climber
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:24pm PT


Bad Climber

climber
Feb 4, 2013 - 12:29am PT
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Feb 4, 2013 - 01:03am PT
Good bump. Mmmmmm Sierra


Sorry, I got carried away
Chinchen

climber
Way out there....
Feb 4, 2013 - 01:18am PT
Chinchen

climber
Way out there....
Feb 4, 2013 - 01:21am PT
Some Random Guy

climber
San Franpsycho (a.k.a. a token of my extreme)
Feb 4, 2013 - 01:28am PT
here, there, and everywhere.....

Chinchen

climber
Way out there....
Feb 4, 2013 - 01:36am PT
jfailing

Trad climber
PDX, the road...
Feb 4, 2013 - 10:36am PT
Gafoto

Ice climber
Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 4, 2013 - 11:22am PT
Most of my favorite photos have been taken in the Sierra:









Bigger versions at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gafoto/
hossjulia

Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
Feb 4, 2013 - 04:54pm PT
bump
Vegasclimber

Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
Feb 4, 2013 - 05:15pm PT
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 4, 2013 - 06:19pm PT
sharperblue

Mountain climber
oakland, california
Feb 4, 2013 - 06:24pm PT
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 4, 2013 - 06:42pm PT
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 4, 2013 - 07:20pm PT
Cathedral Range at sunset

Orange dihedral on E Buttress Mt Whitney (Photo Bill McC)
Risk

Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2013 - 12:02am PT
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 6, 2013 - 01:34pm PT
bump

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 6, 2013 - 02:24pm PT
http://www.sierranevada.com/brewery/north-carolina/brewery-tour
The brewery in Chico is now augmented by a brewery in Asheville, NC, where Gypsy lives and has her migratory music show.
http://www.ashevillefm.org/musical-migrations
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Feb 6, 2013 - 05:07pm PT




Some Random Guy

climber
San Franpsycho (a.k.a. a token of my extreme)
Feb 6, 2013 - 05:59pm PT
i inadvertently took two of the same pictures from the same spot, one in the middle of summer the other in the middel of winter, years apart from each other. didn't even realize for a long time...thought it was kinda cool....

stunewberry

Trad climber
Spokane, WA
Feb 8, 2013 - 12:26am PT

Mt Goddard pendant from Charybdis. Evolution alaskite in foreground. Independence dikes visible in the dark metavolcanic rocks of the pendant.
Gal

Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
Feb 8, 2013 - 12:29am PT
Wonderful!
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Feb 8, 2013 - 12:45am PT
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Feb 8, 2013 - 01:42am PT


tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 8, 2013 - 02:13am PT
Carson Peak
JOEY.F

Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
Feb 8, 2013 - 02:19am PT
Most excellent thread and photos!!!
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Feb 8, 2013 - 08:06am PT
^^^^^^^^^^
F - A - N - T - A - S - T - I - C !!!!!!!!!
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Feb 13, 2013 - 12:11am PT


Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Feb 13, 2013 - 12:43am PT
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Feb 13, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
mechrist

Gym climber
South of Heaven
Feb 13, 2013 - 07:06pm PT
What's that 4th pic down? IH?


...and OMG, Tioga Pass is open!!!
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 13, 2013 - 07:32pm PT
Matthes Crest...


Risk

Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2013 - 12:04am PT
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Feb 14, 2013 - 12:17am PT
Nice shot looking at Russel! Great shots all around. Here's another
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 14, 2013 - 01:23am PT
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Feb 14, 2013 - 03:07am PT
Awesome! The full meal deal spire. Below, top of Silver Creek
Vegasclimber

Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
Feb 14, 2013 - 12:34pm PT

Off Topic Marmot approves of this thread :D
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Feb 17, 2013 - 10:05pm PT
More Russel
I had this one on the east-side thread but it really belongs here; NW Face of Lone Pine Peak
rincon

Trad climber
SoCal
Apr 13, 2013 - 11:26pm PT
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Apr 14, 2013 - 04:00am PT
Risk

Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2013 - 11:26pm PT
Another summer underway, now. Thinking of the good times then, now, and yet to come.


Charlie B

Social climber
Santa Rosa, Ca
Jun 2, 2013 - 03:15pm PT
Capt.

climber
some eastside hovel
Jun 2, 2013 - 03:23pm PT
Nice Charlie!!
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Jun 3, 2013 - 04:38pm PT

My favorite tree (anywhere), in the Sierra...

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this just in

climber
north fork
May 9, 2014 - 03:20pm PT
I have Mt Shinn to Seven Gables planned for August. Excited about the upcoming peak season.
skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
May 9, 2014 - 05:23pm PT
Seven Gables......


skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
May 9, 2014 - 05:30pm PT
Banner/Ritter



anita514

Gym climber
Great White North
May 9, 2014 - 06:22pm PT
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
May 9, 2014 - 06:56pm PT
this just in

climber
north fork
May 9, 2014 - 10:01pm PT
The Recesses


Skc, did you summit Seven Gables?

Ritter=amazing
Flip Flop

Trad climber
Truckee, CA
May 12, 2014 - 12:46am PT
Bump for cans.
anita514

Gym climber
Great White North
May 12, 2014 - 07:07am PT

alpine caterpillar
Rankin

Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
May 12, 2014 - 08:54am PT

This thread is killing me. My last adventure in the Sierra was almost three years ago.
Festus

Social climber
Enron by the Sea
May 13, 2014 - 09:05pm PT
Rankin,

I was up there last summer with my kids...but I like your Temple Crag picture better than this one! What an incredible place to take young kids backpacking!

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
May 13, 2014 - 10:09pm PT
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
May 13, 2014 - 10:36pm PT
A year ago, Don Lauria wrote:
Gary, I recognized the shot of climbers approaching the summit of Mt. Humphreys.

Judy really is the best, and I still miss Patty a lot.

Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
May 13, 2014 - 10:39pm PT
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
May 13, 2014 - 10:47pm PT
At Morgan Pass. How bout a scramble?!
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
May 13, 2014 - 11:17pm PT
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Apr 27, 2015 - 11:09pm PT
Appreciation bump. Look at all those missing pictures, this is why you should upload directly to supertopo!
Risk

Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2015 - 08:31pm PT
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