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  • Trekkers cross the outlet stream of Lake Carhuacocha (13,600 feet) in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. On the left, Yerupaja Grande (east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Published in the following: 1) on the cover and inside of "Climbs and Treks in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru" guidebook Copyright 2005 by Jeremy Frimer, ISBN #0-9733035-5-7, Elaho Publishing; 2) Wilderness Travel 2005, 2007, 2013 Catalog of Adventures, and 2009-2011 web client survey; 3) "Fuentes, Conversacion y gramatica," a Spanish textbook by Rusch, Houghton Mifflin Company/Cengage Learning in 2004, 2011, 2013; 4) image for SteriPEN package, a handheld water purifier made by Hydro-Photon, Inc. of Blue Hill, Maine, 2007; 5) "Skills in Global Geography" Cambridge University Press, Australia textbook 2007; 6) Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se; 7) "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • At sunrise, peaks of Sawtooth Wilderness reflect in Little Redfish Lake in Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Blaine County, Idaho, USA. The Sawtooth Range (part of the Rocky Mountains) are made of pink granite of the 50 million year old Sawtooth batholith. Sawtooth Wilderness, managed by the US Forest Service within Sawtooth National Recreation Area, has some of the best air quality in the lower 48 states (says the US EPA). Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
    07SAW-1115-18pan_Little-Redfish-Lake.jpg
  • Egypt Lake reflects peaks in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 8 images.
    10CAN-2548-55pan_Egypt-Lake.jpg
  • Mount Huber (3368 meters), at Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 2 images.
    08CAN-1072-1073pan_Lake-O-Hara.jpg
  • Lake Misurina (1751 meters elevation), near Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the Cadore mountain community, in the Dolomites or Dolomiti (part of the Southern Limestone Alps), Italy. The Dolomites mountains were declared a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Angel Wing and Mount Gould tower over blue-green Grinnell Lake and bear grass on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax, or synonym Helonias tenax) is a grasslike perennial in the family Melanthiaceae, closely related to lilies. Bear grass (also called squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass) thrives after fire clears surface vegetation. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 named glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists.
    10GLA-3027-31pan_Grinnell-Lake.jpg
  • Angel Wing and Mount Gould tower over blue-green Grinnell Lake and bear grass on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax, or synonym Helonias tenax) is a grasslike perennial in the family Melanthiaceae, closely related to lilies. Bear grass (also called squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass) thrives after fire clears surface vegetation. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 named glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists. (Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping images.)
    10GLA-2680-82pan_Grinnell-Lake.jpg
  • Bowman Lake, Rainbow Peak (right, 9891 feet elevation), Numa Ridge (left), Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping images.)
    10GLA-1010-13pan_Bowman-Lake.jpg
  • The peaks of the Livingston Range rise above Lake McDonald at sunrise in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Waves caress red shoreline rocks. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
    07GLA-0242_Lake-McDonald.jpg
  • Mount Shuksan (9127 feet elevation) is in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA. Picture Lake is in Heather Meadows, Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Larch tree needles turn yellow in the first half of October on Blue Lake Trail #314, Okanagon National Forest, North Cascades Highway 20, Washington, USA. Liberty Bell Mountain (center left, 7790 feet), Early Winters Spires (center right, 7807 feet). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 8 overlapping images.
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  • Larch tree needles turn yellow in the first half of October on Blue Lake Trail #314, Okanagon National Forest, North Cascades Highway 20, Washington, USA. Liberty Bell Mountain (left, 7790 feet), Early Winters Spires (right, 7807 feet). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 8 overlapping images.
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  • Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Maroon Bells and yellow aspen leaves reflect in Maroon Lake at sunrise. The Maroon Bells are two adjacent peaks of the Elk Mountains: Maroon Peak 14,163 feet on left, seen behind North Maroon Peak 14,019 feet, in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen, in Colorado, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Maroon Bells and yellow aspen leaves reflect in Maroon Lake at sunrise. The Maroon Bells are two adjacent peaks of the Elk Mountains: Maroon Peak 14,163 feet on left, seen behind North Maroon Peak 14,019 feet, in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen, in Colorado, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1709US1-0210-213-Pano_Maroon-Lake_CO.jpg
  • The Maroon Bells and yellow aspen leaves reflect in Maroon Lake. The Maroon Bells are two adjacent peaks of the Elk Mountains: Maroon Peak 14,163 feet on left, seen behind North Maroon Peak 14,019 feet, in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen, in Colorado, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1709US2-084-88-Pano_Maroon-Lake_CO.jpg
  • The Maroon Bells and yellow aspen leaves reflect in Maroon Lake at sunrise. The Maroon Bells are two adjacent peaks of the Elk Mountains: Maroon Peak 14,163 feet on left, seen behind North Maroon Peak 14,019 feet, in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen, in Colorado, USA.
    1709US2-076_Maroon-Lake_CO.jpg
  • The Maroon Bells and yellow aspen leaves reflect in Maroon Lake at sunrise. The Maroon Bells are two adjacent peaks of the Elk Mountains: Maroon Peak 14,163 feet on left, seen behind North Maroon Peak 14,019 feet, in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen, in Colorado, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1709US2-063-66-Pano_Maroon-Lake_CO.jpg
  • The Maroon Bells and yellow aspen leaves reflect in Maroon Lake. The Maroon Bells are two adjacent peaks of the Elk Mountains: Maroon Peak 14,163 feet on left, seen behind North Maroon Peak 14,019 feet, in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen, in Colorado, USA.
    1709US2-006_Maroon-Lake_CO.jpg
  • Cloudy, snow-dusted peaks of the Queen Elizabeth Ranges rise over Maligne Lake Boat House in mid September, in Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Hikers walk along Jahuacocha lake, downstream from Nevado Jirishanca (Icy Beak of the Hummingbird, 6126 m or 20,098 feet) near Incahuain settlement. Day 9 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Andes Mountains, near Llamac, Peru, South America.
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  • Trekkers lunch above Jahuacocha lake and Incahuain settlement, near Mount Jirishanca (Icy Beak of the Hummingbird, 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Day 8 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Andes Mountains, LLamac, Peru, South America. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    14PER-4686-87pan_Jahuacocha-lake.jpg
  • Cordillera Huayhuash reflects in Carhuacocha lake (13,600 feet) at the outlet stream footbridge in the Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Peaks from left to right are: Siula Grande, Yerupaja Grande (6635 m or 21,770 ft, highest point in the Amazon watershed), Yerupaja Chico, and Mount Jirishanca (Icy Beak of the Hummingbird). Day 3 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    14PER-3011-12pan_Carhuacocha-lake.jpg
  • Cordillera Huayhuash reflects in Carhuacocha lake (13,600 feet) in the Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Peaks from left to right are: Siula Grande, Yerupaja Grande (6635 m or 21,770 ft, highest point in the Amazon watershed), Yerupaja Chico, and Mount Jirishanca (Icy Beak of the Hummingbird). Day 3 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    14PER-2929-30pan_Carhuacocha-lake.jpg
  • In golden light of sunset, Nevado Santa Cruz Norte (5829 m or 19,120 ft) reflects in Lake Cullicocha (4628 m or 15,174 ft). This was day 8 and camp 8 of 10 days trekking around Alpamayo in Huascaran National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
    14PER-2343-45pan_Lake-Cullicocha_Per...jpg
  • The turquoise waters of Jancarurish Lake are colored by glacial flour from Nevado Alpamayo (19,511 ft or 5947 m), in Alpamayo Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Day 7 of 10 days trekking around Alpamayo, in Huascaran National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site). This panorama was stitched from 6 overlapping photos.
    14PER-2247-52pan_Jancarurish-Lake_Al...jpg
  • Rent canoes for paddling on pristine waters at Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Harmony Lake reflects trees and blue sky along the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. See Blackcomb Mountain (2440 meters) and ski area in the Spearhead Range across Fitzsimmons Valley. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for year-round outdoor sports. This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
    1208WHI-022-25pan_Harmony-Lake-Whist...jpg
  • Below the glaciers of Yerupaja Grande, a trekker ascends Sambuya Pass (4750 m or 15,580 feet) above Lake Solterachocha (4120 m or 13,500 feet), in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (west face, 6635 m or 21,768 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed (which is on the other side of the peak). Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2014 and in 2009 on Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se.
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  • Hike the Rawson Lake Trail. Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Kananaskis Country is an improvement district (a type of rural municipal administrative unit) west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Panorama stitched from 7 images.
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  • Atop the Big Beehive, see Lake Louise and the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Fairview Mountain (or Mount Fairview) rises to 2744 metres (9003 feet) at center. Banff is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 8 images.
    08CAN-2614-2621pan_Lake-Louise.jpg
  • Cabins of Lake O'Hara Lodge, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 34 images.
    08CAN-1145-47-pan_Lake-O-Hara.jpg
  • A red canoe paddles towards Emerald Lake Lodge, beneath Mount Burgess (2599 metres / 8527 feet) in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. For 17 years, Mount Burgess was featured on the Canadian ten dollar bill. Published in Wilderness Travel 2004 Catalog of Adventures.
    01CAN-02-05-Emerald-Lake-Lodge-canoe.jpg
  • Trees frame Lake Waikaremoana along the Panekiri Bluff trail in Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Hikers pause for the view at Lake Waikaremoana, in Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A mountain goat surveys Hidden Lake by Bearhat Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • A mountain goat surveys Hidden Lake under Bearhat Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists.
    02GLA-05-07_Mountain-goat_Hidden-Lak...jpg
  • Hike to Grinnell Glacier and powder blue Upper Grinnell Lake under the steep Lewis Range and Mount Gould in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. The spectacular 11 mile round trip walk (with 1700 feet gain) is shortened to 7.6 miles if you take two boat rides. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. (Panorama stitched from 14 overlapping images.)
    10GLA-3140-53pan_Upper-Grinnell-Lake.jpg
  • Angel Wing and Mount Gould tower over blue-green Grinnell Lake and bear grass on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax, or synonym Helonias tenax) is a grasslike perennial in the family Melanthiaceae, closely related to lilies. Bear grass (also called squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass) thrives after fire clears surface vegetation. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 named glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists. (Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping images.)
    10GLA-2683-85+87_Grinnell-Lake.jpg
  • Hike 4 miles round trip (560 feet gain) to Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists.(Panorama stitched from 6 overlapping images.)
    10GLA-1195-1200pan_Avalanche-Lake.jpg
  • Rocky Mountains reflect in Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping images.)
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  • Bowman Lake, Rainbow Peak (9891 feet elevation), Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (Photo stitched from 5 overlapping images.)
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  • See Elizabeth Lake and Belly River Valley from Ptarmigan Tunnel in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. In 1930, the Ptarmigan Tunnel was dug 183 feet through the Ptarmigan Wall for hikers from Many Glacier to reach the Belly River Valley. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists. (Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.)
    07GLA-0690-691pan_Belly-River-Valley...jpg
  • The peaks of the Livingston Range rise above bleached tree roots on the shore of Lake McDonald at sunrise in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
    07GLA-0262_Lake-McDonald.jpg
  • The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) dammed the Holston River in 1941 to form Cherokee Lake, as seen from Clinch Mountain Lookout, near Bean Station, Tennessee. Clinch Mountain is a ridge in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, lying in the ridge-and-valley section of the Appalachian Mountains. It runs in a general east-northeasterly direction from near Blaine, Tennessee to Garden Mountain near Burke's Garden, Virginia. It separates the Clinch River basin, to the north, and the Holston River basin, to the south. Clinch Mountain is named after the Clinch River, named after an unknown pioneer.  Cherokee Reservoir is named for the tribe of Native Americans who once lived here. The great Indian warpath, once followed by Daniel Boone, crossed the basin now filled by the reservoir. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Lake of the Clouds, in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan, USA. Native Ojibwa people named the local mountains for their porcupine silhouette.
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  • Lake of the Clouds, in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan, USA. Native Ojibwa people named the local mountains for their porcupine silhouette.
    03MI-G0054_Lake-of-the-Clouds_Porcup...jpg
  • Crater Lake National Park, Wizard Island, Oregon, USA. Panorama stitched from 5 overlapping images.
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  • Gothic Peak (left), Del Campo Peak (right), and Foggy Lake, at Gothic Basin, in the Central Cascade Range, Washington, USA. Hike 10 miles round trip with 3300 feet gain along a mostly steep and rough trail, starting from the trailhead at Barlow Pass on the Mountain Loop Highway, 20 miles east of Verlot Visitor Center, in Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Panorama stitched from 3 images.
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  • Mount Shuksan (9127 feet elevation in North Cascades National Park) reflects in Highwood Lake in Heather Meadows, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, near Bellingham, Washington, USA. Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2002 and in 6 foot high poster for conference booth of University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, Seattle.
    99SHU-01-22_Mt-Shuksan_Highwood-Lake.jpg
  • Larch tree needles turn yellow in the first half of October on Blue Lake Trail #314, Okanagon National Forest, North Cascades Highway 20, Washington, USA.  Panorama stitched from 6 images.
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  • Larch tree needles turn yellow in the first half of October on Blue Lake Trail #314, Okanagon National Forest, North Cascades Highway 20, Washington, USA. Panorama stitched from 4 images.
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  • Doubtful Lake and the Stehekin Valley, as seen from Sahale Arm, in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA. Panorama stitched from nine images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Dragon Lake, snow banks, Gamila Peak, Vikos-Aoos National Park, north Pindus Mountains (Pindos or Pindhos), Zagoria, Epirus/Epiros, Greece, Europe. The northeast wall of Vikos Gorge is Mount Tymfi (or Greek: , also transliterated Mt Timfi, Tymphe, or Tymphi), near the 40 degree parallel. Tymfi forms a massif with its highest peak, Gamila, at 2497 meters (8192 feet), the sixth highest in Greece. Zagori (Greek: ) is a region and a municipality in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece. Zagori contains 45 villages collectively known as Zagoria (Zagorochoria or Zagorohoria). Published in "Pindos: The National Park" (2010) by Alexander G. Tziolas, preface by Tom Dempsey et al, ISBN 978-960-98795-3-8.
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  • Fireweed blooms pink magenta at Summit Lake (3210 feet elevation) beneath the snowy Alaska Range, along the Richardson Highway near Paxson, in Alaska, USA.
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  • Misty rain falls on Lake Harris and Mount Xenicus on the Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Mount Tasman and Aoraki/Mount Cook (left to right) reflect in Lake Matheson, near Fox Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, West Coast of South Island, NEW ZEALAND. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2002.
    98NZ-03-15_Lake-Matheson-reflections.jpg
  • The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook rises to 12,218 feet elevation by Lake Pukaki in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The Routeburn Track cuts through the pass of Harris Saddle at the base of Ocean Peak (right, 1848 meters) to forested Hollyford Valley in Fiordland National Park on the right. The view from Conical Hill includes Mount Xenicus (left, 1912 meters elevation) and Harris Lake in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. Panorama stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
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  • Lake Harris, and Mount Xenicus, on the Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Lake Waikaremoana, in Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand
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  • Cathedral Peak reflects in Cathedral Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Cathedral Peak is the highest summit of the Cathedral Range, an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada Mountain in south-central Yosemite National Park in Tuolumne County. The sharp cathedral-shaped top of the peak was left uneroded as Pleistocene glaciers scraped its flanks smooth. The west peak (left side) of Cathedral Peak is called Eichorn Pinnacle, after Jules Eichorn, who first ascended a route (difficulty = YDS 5.4 ) in 1931. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Layers of bedrock erode and exfoliate along the Lake Superior shoreline, in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan, USA. The park was established in 1945 to protect the last large stand of uncut hardwood-hemlock forest remaining in the Midwest. .Native Ojibwa people named the local mountains for their porcupine silhouette. Published in Milwaukee Magazine, September 2005.
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  • Mount Shuksan (9127 feet elevation) is in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA. Picture Lake is in Heather Meadows, Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Ice covers most of Goat Lake in late July, in Goat Rocks Wilderness Area. Hike this scenic loop to Snowgrass Flat and Goat Ridge (13 miles, with 3180 feet total gain) in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Canoes are rented at Moraine Lake Lodge dock, in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Mount Fay (elevation 3235 meters / 10,613 feet) rises high above Moraine Lake (1884 meters / 6181 feet) in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Lake Waikaremoana, in Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand
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  • Active senior woman hiker. Del Campo Peak rises above Foggy Lake in Gothic Basin, in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, USA. Hike 10 miles round trip with 3300 feet gain along a mostly steep and rough trail, starting from the trailhead at Barlow Pass on the Mountain Loop Highway, 20 miles east of Verlot Visitor Center, in Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest.
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  • Del Campo Peak rises above Foggy Lake in Gothic Basin, in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, USA. Hike 10 miles round trip with 3300 feet gain along a mostly steep and rough trail, starting from the trailhead at Barlow Pass on the Mountain Loop Highway, 20 miles east of Verlot Visitor Center, in Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest.
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  • Peaks of the Bow Range reflect in Herbert Lake, Canadian Rockies, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Foreground fall color foliage turns yellow in mid September. Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885, and is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Bow Lake, Crowfoot Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 6 images.
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  • Peaks of the Bow Range reflect in Herbert Lake, Canadian Rockies, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Foreground fall color foliage turns orange and yellow in mid September. Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885, and is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • A family of four canoes in the blue-green waters of Lake Louise beneath glacier clad Mount Victoria (3459 meters/11350 feet), Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Hallett peak (left) and Flattop Mountain (right) rise above Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. From Bear Lake Trailhead, hike a scenic circuit with spur trails to many beautiful lakes, waterfalls and peaks, on well-graded paths 6-13 miles with 1500-2600 feet gain. We enjoyed looping counterclockwise from Bear Lake Trailhead 13 miles via Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Lake Haiyaha, The Loch, Timberline Falls, Lake of Glass, Sky Pond, Alberta Falls then back. Arrive early for parking or take the shuttle. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Lake Haiyaha. Hike a classic loop from Bear Lake Trailhead with spur trails to many beautiful lakes, waterfalls and peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Walk a scenic circuit of well-graded paths 6-13 miles with 1500-2600 feet gain. We enjoyed looping counterclockwise from Bear Lake Trailhead 13 miles via Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Lake Haiyaha, The Loch, Timberline Falls, Lake of Glass, Sky Pond, Alberta Falls then back. Arrive early for parking or take the shuttle.
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  • Dream Lake. Hike a classic loop from Bear Lake Trailhead with spur trails to many beautiful lakes, waterfalls and peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Walk a scenic circuit of well-graded paths 6-13 miles with 1500-2600 feet gain. We enjoyed looping counterclockwise from Bear Lake Trailhead 13 miles via Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Lake Haiyaha, The Loch, Timberline Falls, Lake of Glass, Sky Pond, Alberta Falls then back. Arrive early for parking or take the shuttle.
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  • South Lake reservoir in Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Hurd Peak (12,237 ft) rises above Long Lake. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Clear Lake, in Bridger Wilderness, Wind River Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, USA. Backpack to Big Sandy Lake Campground (11 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain). Day hike from Big Sandy Lake to Clear Lake and Deep Lake below East Temple Peak then loop back via Temple Lake, Miller Lake, and Rapid Lake (7.5 miles, 1060 ft gain) on the Continental Divide Trail. The Continental Divide follows the crest of the "Winds". This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Sunset at Big Sandy Lake in Bridger Wilderness, in the Wind River Range. Backpack to Big Sandy Lake Campground (11 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain). Day hike from Big Sandy Lake to Clear Lake and Deep Lake below East Temple Peak then loop back via Temple Lake, Miller Lake, and Rapid Lake (7.5 miles, 1060 ft gain) on the Continental Divide Trail. Wind River Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, USA. The Continental Divide follows the crest of the "Winds". Mostly composed of granite batholiths formed deep within the earth over 1 billion years ago, the Wind River Range is one of the oldest mountain ranges in North America. These granite monoliths were uplifted, exposed by erosion, then carved by glaciers 500,000 years ago to form cirques and U-shaped valleys. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Sunset at Big Sandy Lake in Bridger Wilderness, Wind River Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, USA. Backpack to Big Sandy Lake Campground (11 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain). Day hike from Big Sandy Lake to Clear Lake and Deep Lake below East Temple Peak then loop back via Temple Lake, Miller Lake, and Rapid Lake (7.5 miles, 1060 ft gain) on the Continental Divide Trail. The Continental Divide follows the crest of the "Winds". Mostly composed of granite batholiths formed deep within the earth over 1 billion years ago, the Wind River Range is one of the oldest mountain ranges in North America. These granite monoliths were uplifted, exposed by erosion, then carved by glaciers 500,000 years ago to form cirques and U-shaped valleys. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Hallett peak (left) and Flattop Mountain (right) rise above Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. From Bear Lake Trailhead, hike a scenic circuit with spur trails to many beautiful lakes, waterfalls and peaks, on well-graded paths 6-13 miles with 1500-2600 feet gain. We enjoyed looping counterclockwise from Bear Lake Trailhead 13 miles via Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Lake Haiyaha, The Loch, Timberline Falls, Lake of Glass, Sky Pond, Alberta Falls then back. Arrive early for parking or take the shuttle. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Nymph Lake. Hike a classic loop from Bear Lake Trailhead with spur trails to many beautiful lakes, waterfalls and peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Walk a scenic circuit of well-graded paths 6-13 miles with 1500-2600 feet gain. We enjoyed looping counterclockwise from Bear Lake Trailhead 13 miles via Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Lake Haiyaha, The Loch, Timberline Falls, Lake of Glass, Sky Pond, Alberta Falls then back. Arrive early for parking or take the shuttle. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Hallett peak (left) and Flattop Mountain rise above Dream Lake. Hike a classic loop from Bear Lake Trailhead with spur trails to many beautiful lakes, waterfalls and peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Walk a scenic circuit of well-graded paths 6-13 miles with 1500-2600 feet gain. We enjoyed looping counterclockwise from Bear Lake Trailhead 13 miles via Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Lake Haiyaha, The Loch, Timberline Falls, Lake of Glass, Sky Pond, Alberta Falls then back. Arrive early for parking or take the shuttle. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mt Thompson (13,494 feet) and Thompson Ridge (left) rise above beautiful Blue Lake in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. In the Bishop Creek watershed, enjoy a scenic hike from Lake Sabrina to beautiful Blue Lake, Emerald Lakes, and Dingleberry Lake. The good trail is 8.5 miles round trip with 1850 feet cumulative gain. (Beyond Dingleberry Lake, the trail splits to Midnight Lake and Hungry Packer Lake.) This panorama was stitched from 11 overlapping photos.
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  • Hurd Peak (12,237 feet, left) rises above South Lake reservoir in Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
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  • Lake Sabrina reservoir, in Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. In the Bishop Creek watershed, enjoy a scenic hike from Lake Sabrina to beautiful Blue Lake, Emerald Lakes, and Dingleberry Lake in John Muir Wilderness. The good trail is 8.5 miles round trip with 1850 feet cumulative gain. (Beyond Dingleberry Lake, the trail splits to Midnight Lake and Hungry Packer Lake.)
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  • Hurd Peak (12,237 feet, left) rises above South Lake reservoir in Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • Chocolate Peak (11,682 feet) rises above beautiful Bull Lake. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake. This panorama was stitched from 7 overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Goode (13,085 feet) rises above Ruwau Lake in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • Hurd Peak (12,237 ft) rises above Long Lake. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake.  This panorama was stitched from 12 overlapping photos.
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  • Long Lake. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake.
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  • South Lake is a dammed reservoir in Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake.  This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Hurd Peak (12,237 feet, left) rises above a hiker at the reservoir of South Lake in Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. My favorite hike in the Bishop Creek watershed goes from South Lake to Long Lake and Saddlerock Lake, looping back via a steeper, poorly marked route to Ruwau Lake, Chocolate Lakes, and Bull Lake, in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The rewarding semi-loop is 9 miles with 2220 feet cumulative gain. An easier walk is 7.2 miles round trip with 1500 feet gain to Saddlerock Lake, out and back via beautiful Long Lake.  This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • Grand Mogul and Heyburn Peak rise above motor boats docked at Redfish Lake Lodge, in Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho, USA. Backpack or day hike 11.8 miles round trip to Baron Lakes viewpoint: From Redfish Lake Lodge (redfishlake.com) take the earliest boat in the morning to Redfish Lake Inlet Transfer Camp, riding about 10 minutes. Hike 3.2 miles then turn right at the fork and begin climbing. At 4.2 miles see Alpine Lake, then switchback past three smaller lakes. At 5.9 miles, see the breathtaking view of Baron Lakes (Upper, Baron, and Little) and jagged points along the ridge of Warbonnet Peak (10,210 feet elevation). Optionally descend past the Upper Lake to reach the shore of Baron Lake at 7.9 miles one way. The Sawtooth Range (part of the Rocky Mountains) are comprised of the pink granite of the 50 million year old Sawtooth batholith. Sawtooth Wilderness, managed by the US Forest Service within Sawtooth National Recreation Area, has some of the best air quality in the lower 48 states (says the US EPA).
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  • Illuminated by orange sunrise light, the Minarets reflect in a pond just northwest of Minaret Lake in the Ritter Range, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, in backcountry near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. At 12,281 feet elevation, Clyde Minaret is the highest, sharpest peak of the Minarets. We backpacked for 5 days from Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake, Garnet Lake, Ediza Lake, Minaret Lake, and Devils Postpile Ranger Station, reaching trailheads using the Reds Meadow Shuttle from the town of Mammoth Lakes. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • At dawn, Clyde Minaret rises above Minaret Lake in the Ritter Range in Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, in backcountry near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. At 12,281 feet elevation, Clyde Minaret is the highest, sharpest peak of the Minarets. We backpacked for 5 days from Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake, Garnet Lake, Ediza Lake, & Minaret Lake. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • Riegelhuth Minaret rises like a thumb above Minaret Lake in Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, in backcountry near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. We backpacked for 5 days from Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake, Garnet Lake, Ediza Lake, Minaret Lake, and Devils Postpile Ranger Station, reaching trailheads using the Reds Meadow Shuttle from the town of Mammoth Lakes. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • See the Minarets, Mt. Ritter, Banner Peak (the Ritter Range) from a rocky trail above Iceberg Lake, in Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, in backcountry near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. We backpacked for 5 days from Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake, Garnet Lake, Ediza Lake, & Minaret Lake. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama.
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