Northern Yosemite

[John H]

I backpacked into northern Yosemite last week. There is an abundance of backcountry there if you don't mind doing some mileage and some vertical. I went in at Hetch Hetchy and hiked as far as Mary Lake. Check it out on the map if you are interested. I caught rainbows in some of the lakes, small goldens in a stream, climbed to the top of Chittenden Peak for a great view, threw rocks at a bear that wanted granola bars, had a little snow, read 200 pages of Catch 22 and took some photos. Good stuff.


That is some fishy water


Meadow on the hike to Mary Lake


I love walking around alpine areas like this


Tower Peak and Tilden Lake


Wilmer Lake


On the prowl for bugs


He got one


Cruisers coming and going


Pretty small fish but a sharp photo.


Nice rainbow on the dry


Rainbow ready to get gone


Color explosion

[mems]

Nice pictures, good job on the hike, that is a beautiful area. So nice to get out of the valley and see how pretty the Sierras really are, Mems.

[k.hanley]

Beautiful country. Beautiful pics.
Thanks John.
Cheers, Ken

[stanbery]

Man does that look really nice.
Thanks for sharing.

jon

[BumpBailey]

Beautiful and inspirational Jon! That last one you should have entered into the CAL Trout Photo contest. That is one of the best fish pictures I've ever seen!

[John Sv]

Very cool and inspiring- that's why I visit this message board!
The one that you call a sharp photo is pretty neat- it almost looks to be an in air shot as opposed to water with the fish balancing