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Buford
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12/10/2017
Buford
Buford
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Owens Valley is a desert right?

Quick backpacking trip over Labor Day. To avoid crowds and make permits easier, I did a lollipop loop in and out over one of the less traveled east side passes of the Sierra.

Nothing like waking up at sea level at 3:00 am, picking up a permit at Lone Pine at 8:00 am, hitting the trail at 9:30 am at 6k of elevation, and going over a 12k pass right after lunch:


I looked for Bighorn in a couple likely places on this trip and did not see any. I have yet to see them in the Sierra, guess I'll have to go back :




Spent about a mile on the Pacific Crest Highway, snapped the stereotypical shot and left the trail:


There must have been sixty lakes in the basin:


Upper most lake was still partially frozen over in September:


Calm winds, good reflections, flying bloodsuckers all go hand-in-hand:


Less than sixty lakes in this basin, but greater than 60 people meant time to move on quickly:


No dragons at the lake, no Bighorn Sheep either. There was other life:


Incoming storms alter plans to go over cross country passes and bag peaks. Incoming storms make great sunsets. Cellphone cameras don't capture sunsets well:


Hammered by rain all night, had to put up the shelter:


One last view from the pass:


Hopefully I make it back to Borrego next weekend.

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Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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