Hit the Hetch Hetchy backpackers lot a little before noon on Friday after driving from Reno in the morning and picking up my backcountry permit from the gate ranger. Beautiful cloudless day and unseasonably warm for February.
02/10/2006 11:21 AM
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Packed up and ready to head down to the dam. (The backpacker's lot is irritatingly far away from the main parking area). In shorts and a t-shirt for the early part of the trip, with my winter gear mostly strapped to the back of the pack.
02/10/2006 11:45 AM
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Heading down to O'Shaughnessy Dam with Wapama Falls in the background. The water level in the reservoir was fairly low and nowhere near the springtime levels 02/10/2006 11:54 AM
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Wapama Falls and Kolana Rock from the Dam.
02/10/2006 11:59 AM
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Looking back down at the dam from a switchback or two up the trail.
02/10/2006 12:17 PM
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Konana Rock and the reservoir. I had once thought that the peak above Kolana was Smith Peak, but Smith is further up the canyon. (The peak above Kolana is unnamed peak 7093)
02/10/2006 12:36 PM
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The road up from the reservoir switchbacks along an old roadbed and climbs steadily up the canyon wall.
02/10/2006 12:57 PM
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Up to the top of the switchbacks and the junction with Lake Eleanor Road.
02/10/2006 01:48 PM
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A creek crossing a bit past the trail junction. In past trips with a higher creek, I've used the log to navigate the stream. No need for that today,
02/10/2006 01:57 PM
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