Dale Matson
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This was a good snow year in the
Sierra Nevada at about 150% of normal. However, this also means that Kaiser
Pass opened later than usual and it didn’t open much before the annual 155-mile
“Climb to Kaiser” bicycle ride which turns around and heads back down at this point.
My older son Ben and I headed up
there about 3 days before the bike ride and hiked the 2 miles round trip to
White Bark and Back. I had trekking poles and micro spikes over my trail shoes
and Ben just used trail shoes. My photos of the central Sierra were taken with
my Sony A7R3 and 100-400 GM lens.
The air was a bit hazy and I
cleaned up some of the photos with the Adobe Photoshop haze filter. The view to
the north includes Banner and Ritter by Mammoth Mountain and the center view is
of Edison Lake, the Vermillion Cliffs and Red and White Mountain. Further south
is Bear Dome and Recess Peak.
As you climb Kaiser Pass Road from
Highway 168 there is a pull out our your right where you can photograph
Huntington Lake (7,000’) and Rancheria Falls so I included shots of both
including a video clip of the falls. By the end of July, the snow should be melted
enough to drive out to White Bark (with a
high clearance vehicle)
Snow Cups
Mt. Givens (about 10,600')
Helicopter over Portal Forevay?
Bear Dome
Edison Lake
Graveyard Peak On Right W/Devil's Bathtub Hidden In the Bowl
Red and White Mountain
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