Topo of today's route. Headed up the Mist trail and down the JMT and did the bit above Lost Lake before summiting Liberty Cap.
04/28/2007 11:42 PM
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Parked at Curry Village after getting a 5am start from Mountain View. Hit the trail a bit before 8:30. Lots of folks at the Pines campsites.
04/28/2007 08:22 AM
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Looking upstream at the Merced from the bridge near Happy Isles.
04/28/2007 08:31 AM
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The turnoff to Sierra Point is a short distance up the trail from Happy Isles. (From the 'Rock Piles' sign, head up and to the left into the talus pile)
04/28/2007 08:36 AM
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The old Sierra Point trail starts about 50 yards from the main trail and is marked with this arrow etched into the tree. From this point the trail is obvious and doesn't present any routefinding issues.
04/28/2007 08:39 AM
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Breaking above the treeline after 10 strenous minutes for a first glimpse across the valley at North Dome (left) and Basket Dome (right) 04/28/2007 08:50 AM
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This section is the crux of the effort. Not all that difficult to traverse, but theres a lot of loose gravel and the section is somewhat exposed. Likely one of the reasons that the park service decided to decomission the trail.
04/28/2007 08:50 AM
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Another steep section as the trail climbed up the side of Grizzly Peak.
04/28/2007 08:53 AM
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This was once an official trail, and there were still many signs of formal maintenance, such as this section of stairsteps.
04/28/2007 09:02 AM
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