Villages, ruins & good food

The party:

Jonathan

Jonathan's friend and college classmate, Gui (for William) Woolston

Gui's dad, Joe

Bob

Again, we followed part of Steve Roper's High Route.

The itinerary:

Day 1: From South Lake, over Bishop pass, camped in Dusy Basin
Day 2: Cross country south over Knapsack Pass, camped at upper Barrett Lake
Day 3. Cross country over Potluck and Cirque Passes, down the Dreaded Headwall to lower Palisade Lake
Day 4. Layover. Day hiked over Mather Pass.
Day 5. North along the Muir Trail, camped on Dusy Creek
Day 6. Out over Bishop Pass

South from our second camp 

Nightfall at our second camp 

Knapsack Pass, out of Dusy Basin. Not too hard. 

Nightfall at our first camp 

Storm at our first camp in Dusy Basin, the only weather on the trip 

Palisade Lake from our camp 

Palisade Lake. The descent of the granite wall south of the lake was the hardest part of the trip. 

At the summit of Mather Pass 

Our camp at upper Barrett Lake 

A taste of class III 

The summit of Knapsack Pass 

Our route south from Dusy Basin 

Mirror lakelet in Dusy Basin 

Dusy Basin at daybreak 

The Sierra crest from Barrett Lake