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  2. 2010

Clark Range trip

8/13 - 8/16 - Exploring the Clark Range in southern Yosemite
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Forest converted to meadow
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Forest converted to meadow

  • Setting out from the Mono Meadows trailhead
  • Crossing Mono Meadows
  • Abundance of flowers
  • Half Dome through a partially burned-out pine forest
  • Goldenrod and fireweed, thriving in burnt-out area
  • Illilouette Creek, crossing
  • Junction and Mt. Starr King
  • Boulders through the forest, alongside Starr King
  • Lush meadows at 7000 feet
  • Forest converted to meadow
  • The Clark fork of the Illilouette, where we ate lunch
  • Trail climbing, Starr King in the background
  • Final junction before Ottoway Lake
  • Crossing granite slabs in the late afternoon
  • Lower Ottoway Lake in the late afternoon
  • First thing in the morning
  • Just above Lower Ottoway Lake
  • Wildflowers and the ridge leading to Merced Peak
  • Following the trail up toward Upper Ottoway Lake
  • Alpine Gold on the slopes below Red Peak
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