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{ Daily Archives } Monday, October 2003

Fletcher Lake Trip Report

(Before I arrived) Owen and Shelley drove up to the Tuolumne area on Thursday. From what I recall, they camped somewhere just outside of the park that night - perhaps at Tioga Lake - since the Tuolumne Meadows campground is closed for the season. They had Thursday morning breakfast at TPR before hitting the trail [...]

2003 10 13 Dan Mitchell Commentary Comments Off

More on retreating Sierra glaciers

After I posted the story found below on this page, I remembered that I took a photo illustrating this situation when I climbed Vogelsang Peak just two days ago.

Drainage below McClure Peak (near Mt. Lyell) in Yosemite. Photograph from the summit of Vogelsang Peak, October 11, 2003.
Look in the shaded portion of the ridgeline at [...]

2003 10 13 Dan Mitchell Commentary Comments Off

Retreating Sierra Glaciers

Drainage near Mt. Lyell photographed from summit of Vogelsang Peak. October 11, 2003.
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