The small (unnamed?) lake at the bottom of the 2nd dip. This is a popular campsite, but noone was home today.
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Two small perennial streams (tributaries of Tenaya Creek) cross the trail in the final section of the valley. I hadn't carried any water in anticipation of filling up here, which I did.
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Top of the ridge and the junction of the Forsyth and Clouds Rest trails. Turned right to start the final 2.5 mile uphill trek to the summit.
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A first view of Clouds Rest directly ahead. No clouds resting on the peak today.
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Looking down into Tenaya Creek canyon.
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Now high enough on the ridge to look back to Tenaya Lake and the trailhead. Conness visible on the horizen beyond the lake.
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Starting the final "knife edge" climb to the high point. At its narrowest the ridge is still 10+ feet wide and easily navigatable even with my injured ankle.
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Half Dome comes into view off to the right of the Clouds Rest summit. Noone on the peak when I arrived, but about a dozen folks were right behind me and started arriving as I was heading back.
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