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petronius

(26,602 posts)
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 06:55 PM Aug 2014

Pictures from Sequoia NP (Pic Heavy)

Just got back from a backpacking trip in SEKI, and I thought I'd share a few images of one of my favorite bits of our state...



Emerald Lake


Wildflowers at Emerald Lake




Topaz Lake (10559)




Tablelands (w/ Moose Lake)




Lonely Lake and Horn Col




In Horn Col


Elizabeth Pass













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Pictures from Sequoia NP (Pic Heavy) (Original Post) petronius Aug 2014 OP
Beautiful. Little Star Aug 2014 #1
Thank you! petronius Aug 2014 #5
terrific MFM008 Aug 2014 #2
Thanks! petronius Aug 2014 #6
Great pics. Thanks. pinto Aug 2014 #3
Thanks for looking - glad you liked 'em! petronius Aug 2014 #7
Lonely lake and Horn is my favorite. Hoppy Aug 2014 #4
Thanks! That was the most rugged/remote part of our trip, and a place I've petronius Aug 2014 #8
I used to get in some hiking when I was a 'ute. with arthritis in my spine, I don't do much any more Hoppy Aug 2014 #9
Beautiful Beaverhausen Aug 2014 #10
It's a wonderfully diverse park, isn't it? From the chaparral and oak in the petronius Aug 2014 #12
Wonderful shots! Solly Mack Aug 2014 #11

petronius

(26,602 posts)
8. Thanks! That was the most rugged/remote part of our trip, and a place I've
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 11:27 PM
Aug 2014

wanted to get to for a while. I'm sort of drawn to the more forbidding-sounding place-names, and luckily we have a lot of 'Lonely' this and 'Desolation' that...

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
9. I used to get in some hiking when I was a 'ute. with arthritis in my spine, I don't do much any more
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 07:38 AM
Aug 2014

-- miss it.

Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
10. Beautiful
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 04:57 PM
Aug 2014

I went to Sequoia but spent most time in the trees and in a few caves. This shows another side of this gorgeous place.

petronius

(26,602 posts)
12. It's a wonderfully diverse park, isn't it? From the chaparral and oak in the
Thu Aug 21, 2014, 02:15 PM
Aug 2014

foothills to the rock and ice on the crest - something for everyone, in every season...

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