Yosemite

This is a Geosurvey map of the Tioga region of East Yosemite National Park. The Tioga Pass gate is 9945 feet altitude. Gaylor Peak (11,004 feet) is at the point under the capital G in it's name. I hiked to this summit and took the following 2 pictures. The first image is taken in the direction southeast. The mountains in the distance are, on the left, Mount Dana 13,053 feet and, to the right, Mount Gibbs 12,764 feet. In the next image, is seen the ancient galicial formation known as Granite Lakes.

Here I am standing on Gaylor Peak with Mount Dana 13,053 feet and Mount Gibbs12,764 feet in the distance toward the southwest.

From the top of Gaylor Peak, toward the Northwest, this is the ridge above Granite Lakes. The Mountain over my right shoulder is 12,002 feet, another thousand feet higher than where I am standing. The 'Great Sierra Mine' is directly behind me. Obviously a glacier carved this formation. While standing here one's right foot is in Yosemite National Park and Tuolumne County (pronounced two olomy) with one's left foot in the Inyo National Forest and Mono County. Observe the small avalanch behind me.

The map below shows the region of the park east of Yosemite Valley. The image below the map is taken just south the Hidden Lake at the top of the Tenaya Cayon. You can see Half Dome in the distance.

View looking Souteast from the north shore of Tenaya Lake.

Woodchuck at Olmsted Point. He would eat right out of your hand.

View of Mt Hoffmann from the south shore of Hidden Lake near Olmsted Point.

View of Tenaya Lake from near Olmsted Point

Taking it easy after hiking through the forest from Olmsted Point to the edge of Tenaya Canyon.

The view from the left side of the rock I am sitting on in the above picture.

Half Dome in all its majesty.

Jay sliding down Mammoth Mountain Ski run.

Mammoth Mountain

Major earthquake fault in the side of Mammoth Mountain, That is me in the upper left.

Jay Camping North of Mammoth Mountain overlooking Devil's Postpile National Monument.

Devil's Postpile

View from below, South and East of Mammoth Lakes. The high ridge in the foreground is the rim of a giant caldera. Devil's Postpile and Mammoth Mountain are in the background.