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Deep water at Ireland Creek
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Lyell Canyon
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Water everywhere in July
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Bog along the JMT in Lyell Canyon
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Looking back at Tuolumne Meadows
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Along the high water river towards the end of the valley
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Swollen Creek
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Lyell Canyon log panorama
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Getting closer to Donohue Pass
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Upper Lyell Canyon meadow
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Headwaters of Lyell Fork
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First snow in the switchbacks
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The crossing at the tarn above the bridge crossing
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Snow feeding the tarn along the traill
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Finally some dry trail above the Lyell Fork
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John Muir "Creek" rather than trail
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Snow for miles
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Melt water poo; below snow
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Few had walked the official route
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We meet the trail after the shortcut
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Approaching Donohue Pass
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North of Donohue Pass
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North view into Lyell Canyon
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The terrain south of Donohue Pass seen from above
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Donohue Pass from the east
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Descent on snow
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July in California
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More snow than we had planned for
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Wild country below Donohue
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Thanks to the PCT hikers, there is a route to follow