![]() Head to the slab and grass ledges towards Picture Peak to The next day we were on the trail by 7:30am. Moonlight Lake: Glacial Moonlight Lake with Mount Powell in the background.Įven with Lohit and Jeff feeling the altitude, we were at camp by about 4pm. Several places to camp between here and Echo Lake, the last campsites on this From here the walking isĮxclusively on talus as you follow the inlet of the lake uphill. Moonlight is an incredible shade of glacial blue. The route goes up the talus 'dam' left of the ridge.Īt Sailor Lake go up the rock pile to the south to reach Moonlight Lake. Sailor Lake with Picture Peak and Haeckel: Sailor Lake with Picture Peak and Haeckel. Sierra Crest: Picture Peak, Wallace and Haeckel pop into view. The ascent to Sailor Lake is on trail and fairly uneventful. Clouds and mountains: Lots of post-Hurricane Guillermo activity in the High Sierra. Sabrina Lake: Looking at Sabrina Lake from about 1.5 miles up the trail. After a quick breakfast at the Mobil station, weįinished the drive to Bishop, picked up our permits and drove to the Sabrina Lightning had followed us from the Bay to Yosemite. Pass before sleeping in a flat spot by the road around 1am. Weīarreled across California late on Thursday night and made it east of Tioga Lohit and Jeff were kind enough to take 2 days off from work to join me. Routes form on maps based on history, story and ambition. Hike Warlow, Fiske and Huxley the next day, then hike out over Haeckel Col the Wallace and Haeckel and descend to the west. We would start from Sabrina Lake, camp near Echo Lake, climb Unfortunately there wasn’t any encouraging betaĢ about Haeckel Col, Haeckel-Wallace Col or Wallace Col and I would be Instead, I was looking to cross the Sierra crest 1 near the Haeckel-WallaceĪrea and return similarly. Spencer, the nearest peak, from Lamarck Col is Pass (just shy of 13,000ft) that is 6 miles and 4000ft from the North Lake The ideal entrance to the Evolution basin is over Lamarck Col, a high mountain Wallace, Fiske, Huxley and Warlow in the other 2 days. I was hoping to climb the easier Spencer, Haeckel, Peter Croft’s Evolution Traverse has made the region legendary amongst climbersĪnd the southern peaks hold several reasonable routes that don’t need a rope,Įven for mere mortals. So I went backĪlmost exactly a year later, with a lighter pack and a little more gumption. Weight did prevent me from really exploring the area though. My pack after a fresh resupply was sure as hell not going to ruin my day. Sierra, to sunny weather and clear skies. Glad to finally enter Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the true High As ifĪware of this, nature jealously guards the area, with there being no easy andĪs with many of the places on the John Muir Trail, my first experience with theĮvolution Basin was in August 2014. Severalġ3,000 foot mountains hold sublime glacial lakes and high alpine meadows. The Evolution Basin is one of the most beautiful areas in California.
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