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Hike in Sequoia National Park, 13-16 July 2009.

Four-day loop hike in Sequoia National Park. Started/ended at the Mineral King ranger station. Route: Timber Gap, Cliff Creek, Black Rock Pass, Little Five Lakes basin, Big Five Lakes, Soda Creek, Little Claire Lake, Franklin Pass.

Spring on the Timber Gap trail above Mineral King, Sequoia NP. 13 July 2009.	Buck in velvet. Timber Gap trail above Mineral King, Sequoia NP. 13 July 2009.
Ferns in rocks. Timber Gap, Sequoia NP. 13 July 2009.	Near Timber Gap, looking toward the west. Sequoia NP. 13 July 2009.
Lily, on Timber Gap trail, Sequoia NP. 13 July 2009.	Ford on Cliff Creek, Sequoia NP. 13 July 2009.
Moth on leaves, in the twilight under the trees in the morning. On the Cliff Creek trail, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Early morning ferns. Cliff Creek trail, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Cliff Creek valley, looking downstream. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Pines and snags. Cliff Creek trail, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Pines and snags (alternate composition). Cliff Creek trail, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Alpine stream, Cliff Creek trail near Black Rock Pass, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Alpine stream, Cliff Creek trail near Black Rock Pass, Sequoia NP (alternate composition). 14 July 2009.	Cliff Creek valley from the trail to Black Rock Pass. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Backlit leaves I. Cliff Creek trail, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Backlit leaves II. Cliff Creek trail, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Spring and Cyclamen Lakes, from the Black Rock Pass trail. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Spring, Cyclamen, and Columbine Lakes, from the Black Rock Pass trail (in foreground). Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Little Five Lakes Basin from Black Rock Pass. Mt Whitney on the horizon. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Ridgeline. From Black Rock Pass, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Pines above Little Five Lakes basin. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Pines above Little Five Lakes basin (alternate composition). Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Little Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Campsite at Little Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Late afternoon at Little Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Pines at evening, Little Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.
Logs and rocks in the lake. Little Five Lakes, Sequoia NP. 14 July 2009.	Breakfast at Little Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Early morning reflections, Little Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	Outlet of lake around dawn. Little Five Lakes Basin, Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Outlet of lake around dawn (alternate composition). Little Five Lakes Basin, Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	Looking down on Big Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Looking down on Big Five Lakes (alternate composition). Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	One of the Big Five Lakes. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Pika. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	Pond below Big Five Lakes basin. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Soda Creek. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	Soda Creek. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Flowing water in Soda Creek. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	Trail to Little Claire Lake above Soda Creek. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Foxtail pines on Little Claire Lake at evening. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.	Trout splashes in Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 15 July 2009.
Predawn glow at Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Predawn reflections in Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Sunrise, reflections in Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Sunrise, reflections in Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Foxtail pines on the short of Little Claire Lake, at sunrise. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Pines and reflections in Little Claire Lake, early morning. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Pines and reflections in Little Claire Lake, early morning (alternate composition). Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Early morning reflections in Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Reflections in Little Claire Lake. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Reflections in Little Claire Lake (alternate composition). Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Looking down on the upper end of the Rattlesnake Creek basin from the Franklin Pass trail. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	On the trail to Franklin Pass from the west, at about 11,000 feet. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Looking back down the Franklin Pass trail toward Rattlesnake Creek. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	The last ten feet to Franklin Pass, cut through a snow bank. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
The top of Franklin Pass, Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Switchbacks on the west side of Franklin Pass, Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
Tulare Peak (background) from Franklin Pass. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Vandever Mtn and Farewell Canyon, on the trail down to Mineral King. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.
One final ford through Crystal Creek. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.	Near Mineral King. Sequoia NP. 16 July 2009.