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0074 South Lake Road was under construction in 2020 so they made us leave the car down below at the Tyee Lakes Trailhead
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0083 Old Smokey the Bear Sign on Highway 395 in Bishop, CA - and it was very smokey that day!
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0091 My son and I at the Kearsarge Pass Trailhead in Onion Valley - my wife dropped us off and headed home - Thanks!
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0100 The two of us posing at the John Muir Wilderness sign on the Kearsarge Pass Trail above Onion Valley
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0110 The Owens Valley was full of smoke as we looked back east over Onion Valley - it was from the SQF Complex Fire
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0115 The view over Little Pothole Lake from the Kearsarge Pass Trail with University Peak left of center
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0120 We climbed into the talus section of the Kearsarge Pass Trail near Gilbert Lake - this is the last spot for cell reception
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0122 Panorama shot of Gilbert Lake with University Peak on the left, from the Kearsarge Pass Trail
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0127 Looking east over Gilbert Lake and the big boulder - you can see how the smoke is rising up from Owens Valley
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0131 We took a lunch break at Flower Lake, with Mount Gould on the far right, from the Kearsarge Pass Trail
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0177 Heading uphill toward Kearsarge Pass, looking east toward the smoke-filled Onion Valley
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0180 Big Pothole Lake and University Peak (left, in the haze) from the Kearsarge Pass Trail
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0194 We made it to Kearsarge Pass, looking west into the Kearsarge Basin, with the Kings Canyon entry sign
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0206 View south along the ridgeline at Kearsarge Pass, with the Inyo National Forest entry sign
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0220 Panorama view west into the Kearsarge Basin from Kearsarge Pass, with the Kearsarge Lakes and Kearsarge Pinnacles
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0232 We decided to make this first day an easy day, so we headed down to camp at the Kearsarge Lakes
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0248 It was Labor Day Weekend, so it was crowded at Kearsarge Lakes - we headed across to the opposite shore to camp
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0281 Looking west at the Kearsarge Pinnacles in the evening sun from near our camp at Kearsarge Lakes
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0287 We woke up early in the dark and smelled smoke in the air - the full moon was orange-colored from the smoke
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0292 We were all packed and ready to go by 6am, leaving the Kearsarge Lakes for the Rae Lakes
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0301 There were fine ash particles raining down all around us as we left the Kearsarge Lakes - I finally got to use my mask!
