| Dick's Sierra Nevada Gallery | |||
| New photos here December 6, 2011 and here and here January 25, here January 31, and here February 13, 2012 (captions in red) | |||
| Visit the Travel Menu for links to lots more photos | |||
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Kaiser-Florence-Edison Dinkey-Wishon-Courtright Yosemite Kings River Area Kings Canyon National Park San Joaquin & Fresno River Area Eastern Sierra Links Changes & Updates |
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| Kaiser Pass - Florence - Edison Area | |||
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| Silver Divide | Ritter Range from Kaiser Pass area |
Silver Divide from Kaiser Pass area | Florence Lake |
| Dinkey Creek - Wishon - Courtright Area | |||
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| Sunset from Stargazer Rock |
Rock Creek | Lake Wishon | Courtright Reservoir |
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| Glacial erratics near Courtright Reservoir | Pond on old Wishon Road | LeConte Divide from Courtright | Split rock near Bald Mountain |
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| Bald Mountain from Dinkey Creek Road | Shaver Lake | Big rock eats little rock | Minarets from the east |
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| Dinkey Creek Mill (ceased operations about 1975) | |||
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| Dinkey Creek Drainage | Waterfall on Rock Creek | Rock Creek | Another Rock Creek waterfall |
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| Hell for Sure Lake & Devil's Punch Bowl from Hell for Sure Pass | Close up of waterfall on Rock Creek | Sunset colors over Kings Canyon | |
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| Cabin in Statum Meadow | The road from Balch Camp to Black Rock Reservoir, canyon of the North Fork, Kings River | Waterfall by the road above Black Rock | Falls on Rancheria Creek, North Fork canyon |
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| Mini water fall on Rock Creek | Intense shades of green by Rock Creek | Natural landscaping near Stargazer Rock (Bald Mountain Base Camp) | View along the route to Neely Dome above Rock Creek |
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| Rock Creek 2011 | |||
| Yosemite Region | |||
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| Classic view of Yosemite Valley from Wawona Tunnel | El Capitan | Half Dome | Vernal and Nevada Falls from Glacier Point |
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| Bridalveil Falls | Half Dome from Washburn Point | Half Dome Close up | North Dome and Basket Dome from Glacier Point |
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| Another view of Vernal and Nevada Falls | Mist Trail, base of Vernal Falls | Bridalveil Falls, Spring 2006 | Yosemite Falls, Spring 2006 |
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| Yosemite high country from Highway 140 west of Mariposa | Base of Lower Yosemite, peak runoff, June 2006 | Another view from Wawona Tunnel | |
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| Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls | Cathedral Rock (photo by Tim Liddle) | Cathedral Spires (Tim Liddle) | Cathedral Peak near Tuolumne Meadows |
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| A closer view of Cathedral Peak | Matthes Crest | Lower Cathedral Lake | Upper Cathedral Lake |
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| Cathedral Lakes from halfway up Cathedral Peak | Echo Peaks and the Clark Range | Mt. Conness, Tuolumne Meadows and Tuolumne River below | The western spire of Cathedral Peak |
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| Crevasse at Taft Point | Scott & Tim on the edge | Daredevils | Yosemite Falls, June 2011 |
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| Chilnualna Creek near Wawona | |||
| Kings River Area | |||
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| Tehipite Dome | Sphinx Crest above Kings Canyon |
Tehipite Dome from south | Tehipite Valley (Kings River, middle fork) |
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| Hume Lake, Sequoia National Forest | Granite Lake, on the divide between north and middle Kings River | Looking north from Granite Pass | Snow all over, near Kings Canyon Park |
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| Water Lily Pond, Old Wishon Road | Falls in Hell Hole, North Fork, Kings River | Pond in Hell Hole, Kings North Fork | Falls on North Fork of the Kings River, near Balch Camp |
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| Dam at Black Rock Reservoir on the Kings River North Fork | The reservoir | Where water pours over the dam | Small waterfall near Black Rock |
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| Wren Peak in Kings Canyon National Park, from above Pine Flat Lake | Spring waterfall above Black Rock Reservoir, Fresno County | North Fork Kings River below Lake Wishon | |
| Kings Canyon National Park | |||
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| Orange Grove in a little valley next to Highway 180, outside the park | A mass of live oak trees, near 180 on the grade into Kings Canyon | The Kings River near Horseshoe Bend | Marble Mountain is the backdrop for this study in color and texture |
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| Roaring River Falls in Kings Canyon National Park, near Cedar Grove |
Roaring River, above the falls, Kings Canyon National Park |
Black oaks are changing color against an evergreen backdrop | Big stumps dot the Converse Basin, where thousands of redwoods were felled in the early 20th Century |
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| Much of the wood from the trees went unused, and the company never made a profit | Hume Lake and the High Sierra from Panorama Point near Grant Grove | The General Grant, the Nation's Christmas Tree | Redwoods dominate in Grant Grove |
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| Mist drifts over the mountains following an evening storm | Steps lead up to the top of the Mark Twain Tree stump | The tree was cut down in the 1800s to be exhibited in the east | |
| San Joaquin River & Fresno River Area | |||
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| Mt. Ritter & Minarets above San Joaquin River (north fork) | Middle Fork, San Joaquin River, Devil's Postpile National Monument | Rainbow Falls, middle San Joaquin River | Devil's Postpile |
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| On top of the Postpile | Fuller Buttes from Mile High Lookout | The Eagles Beaks | South Fork drainage |
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| Spider webs add texture to the forest | This web is covered with yellow evergreen pollen | A dead snag stands guard over a Sierra meadow | Burned out tree in meadow |
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| Small falls near Chilkoot Campground, Sierra National Forest | Bottom of falls | Kennedy Table on left; Squaw Leap on right from Auberry Road | |
| Eastern Sierra | |||
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| Eastern Sierra from Sage Hen Summit | Tufa tower at Mono Lake (photo by Tim Liddle) | Mt. Whitney, highest point in the lower 48 | An ancient bristlecone pine adapts to harsh conditions |
All photos copyright © 2002-2012 by Dick Estel. Permission granted for personal use only; commercial use prohibited.
Updated February 13, 2012