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Tioga Lake, Mammoth Peak

Tioga Lake and Mammoth Peak. Tioga Pass, California. July 3, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

Now that December is here, it is nice to recall this warm July morning on one of last season’s first summer trips to the Sierra.
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Aspen Grove and Bird Feeders

Aspen Grove and Bird Houses. Lee Vining Canyon, California. July 3, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

The story: Lee Vining Canyon is, not surprisingly, in the canyon above the eastern Sierra town of Lee Vining. The canyon contains extensive groves of aspen trees including this small stand near the Aspen campground. I had driven [...]

Tarn, Rock, Peak. Twenty Lakes Basin

Tarn, Rock, Peak. Twenty Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada. October 7, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

Color version of this image, taken on my final pack trip of the season, an early October weekend trip into the Twenty Lakes Basin just outside of the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park.
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Aspen Grove, North Lake

Aspen Grove. North Lake, California. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

This is one of those photographs that had to sit for awhile before I could see what was in it. It was taken in the lower portion of a large aspen grove that spreads up the hillside above North Lake in the [...]

Tarn, Rock, Lake. Twenty Lakes Basin. (monochrome)

Tarn, Rock, Peak. (Monochrome) Twenty Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada. October 7, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

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Autumn Backpacking Near Saddlebag Lakes

Owen Lee at Saddlebag Lake. Sierra Nevada. October 7, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

A photo taken near the start of the Talusdancers annual Last Pack Trip of the season, often in the Yosemite high country but this year just outside the park. These colors and this weather are part of what is so [...]

Red and Yellow, Bishop Creek

Red and Yellow, Bishop Creek. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

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Aspens and Ferns, Bishop Creek

Aspens and Ferns, Bishop Creek. Sierra Nevada, California. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

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Morning, Sabrina Lake

Morning, Sabrina Lake. Sierra Nevada, California. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

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Last Light, Twenty Lakes Basin

Last Light, Twenty Lakes Basin. Sierra Nevada, California. October 7, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

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