Highlights from YKC thru-hike
Alder Creek Falls.
Giant Sequoia.
Picturesque mountain lakes.
The wild and beautiful San Joaquin River canyon.
One day crossing the forest burned by the Creek Fire where dense thorny undergrowth impeded our progress.
Lots of bear tracks but no bear sightings.
Deep quiet pools hiding in a labyrinth of granite.
Courtright Reservoir was nearly empty having been drained for a construction project.
Aspen showing their fall colors.
We descended this steep ridge struggling through dense unrelenting undergrowth in 90 degree heat.
We bivouaced near here in the remains of the Basin Fire (June 2024) that left mysterious white ash marks on the hillside.
We suffered through a record-breaking heat wave, starting before dawn with headlamps yet still shirtless because it was so warm. This sunrise was colored by smoke from fires in Kings Canyon.
More bushwhacking where bushes were filling in the trail after the Rough Fire (2015).
The "Happy" fire in Kings Canyon gave us several days of smoke to contend with.
Early sun striking the cliffs above the river in Kings Canyon.
Giant boulders that have fallen from the cliffs and come to rest on the floor of Kings Canyon.
Bubbs Creek
Foxtail pines are a rare and beautiful pine that exist only at high elevations in California. They are thought to be the third oldest living tree.
High mountain lakes nestled among mountain majesty.
The alpine landscape near Kearsarge Pinnacles.
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