_JFR_: 08554 This is the Highway 108 road sign at Sonora Pass on the north side, at Pacific Crest Trail mile 1018
_JFR_: 08556 Plaque by E Clampus Vitus on Sonora Pass
_JFR_: 08559 Looking west down Highway 108 as I head to the Sonora Pass Trailhead Parking Lot
_JFR_: 08562 The final bit of my 21 mile hike, to the Sonora Pass Trailhead Parking Lot at PCT mile 1018
_JFR_: 08565 Metal Tim donated a sandwich to my Hiker Hunger at Sonora Pass - Thanks, Tim!
_JFR_: 08566 I met up with Metal Tim and Little Engine at Sonora Pass - we planned to hike together for three days
_JFR_: 08568 Sunset clouds to the east from Sonora Pass
_JFR_: 08569 My tent set up at the Sonora Pass Trailhead parking area - I was probably not allowed to camp here
_JFR_: 08571 Dawn light as I packed up my gear at the Sonora Pass trailhead parking lot
_JFR_: 08572 I stashed a large blue bear canister up in some bushes at Sonora Pass with six days of food inside it
_JFR_: 08573 I finished packing my new food into my carbon bear can and put the blue can back in the bushes
_JFR_: 08575 We decided to drive west on Highway 108, down the big hill from Sonora Pass, to eat breakfast
_JFR_: 08579 We turned off the highway toward Kennedy Meadows North, hoping for an awesome breakfast
_JFR_: 08581 The three of us sat down for breakfast in the dining area at Kennedy Meadows North
_JFR_: 08582 Two eggs over easy, hash browns, and a slab of sausage - just what a Hungry Hiker needs!
_JFR_: 08587 Back at the Sonora Pass Trailhead, the three of us got ready to hike an easy eleven mile day
_JFR_: 08589 Looking south, toward Leavitt Peak, from the Pacific Crest Trail at Sonora Pass (PCT mile 1018)
_JFR_: 08590 Mules Ears plants were the only thing that could grow on this dry soil on a south-facing slope
_JFR_: 08598 Wide angle shot south toward Leavitt Peak from the Pacific Crest Trail north of Sonora Pass
_JFR_: 08599 Volcanic Rock, brown and crumbly, is the dominant species just north of Sonora Pass on the PCT
_JFR_: 08600 Eroded volcanic crags along the Pacific Crest Trail north of Sonora Pass
_JFR_: 08611 Climbing north out of Sonora Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail near mile 1019
_JFR_: 08613 View south as we climbed north of Sonora Pass on the PCT
_JFR_: 08621 Volcanic-style outcrop on the way north from Sonora Pass near PCT mile 1020
_JFR_: 08622 Metal Tim and Little Engine on the Sierra Crest north of Sonora Pass, near Pacific Crest Trail mile 1021
_JFR_: 08623 View of the weirdly-eroded agglomerate igneous rock on the south ridge of Sonora Peak at PCT mile 1021
_JFR_: 08629 Peakfinder Earth annotated picture of the view south from the Pacific Crest Trail near Sonora Peak
_JFR_: 08633 Wide angle view looking southeast from the south ridge of Sonora Peak, at PCT mile 1021
_JFR_: 08635 View to the west at lava rocks along the PCT north of Sonora Pass
_JFR_: 08637 The Pacific Crest Trail traverses north along the south ridge of Sonora Peak