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Subalpine forest with Sierra lodgepole and whitebark pine trees looking toward Mount Starr in the High Sierra. The glacially carved and rocky peaks is the border between Inyo National Forest and the Sierra National Forest
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Angelica lineariloba - Sierra angelica or Poison angelica seen in the Sierra Nevada mountains
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Rule 1 - read the water before crossing - a nice runout pool, a clockwise current was noted, if one should fall or be swept downriver in higher water
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Sierra Mountain Center wilderness class at Mosquito Flat in the Sierra Nevadas - water crossing skills
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Lake Crowley a reservoir created by building the Long Valley Dam of the Owens River and as a consequence ending farming in the Owen's Valley in the early 1900s - Owens Valley's water is sent to Los Angeles
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Sierra Nevadas Mountains, Alabama Hills, Owens Valley all resulting from fault block and basin and range stretching
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Sierra Nevada mountains - view of Mt. Whitney- highest peak in the lower US at 14,505 feet seen from Lone Pine, California
