Idaho Exposure

Hiking, Climbing, Backpacking, Snowshoeing, Backcountry Skiing. Photos by Thomas Oetzell; idahoexposure.com


Most viewed - Yosemite; Lyell Fork, Merced River, Half Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, July 17, 2010
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IMG_4781.JPG5 viewsCouds of water bathe the granite apron at the bottom of Nevada Falls.
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IMG_4788.JPG5 viewsVernal Falls from the "Mist Trail".
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IMG_4799.JPG5 viewsWe took a short cut trail just above Vernal Falls that joins the John Muir Trail above the worst section of tedious switchbacks. Clouds of spray from Nevada Falls rain on the trail, backlit by the setting sun.
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IMG_4827.JPG5 viewsA marmot who gets fat in summer eating handouts from the throngs of people who make it to the top of Half Dome.
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IMG_4852.JPG5 viewsMt. Clark from the summit of Half Dome.
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IMG_4855.JPG5 viewsFrom left to right, Cathedral Peak, Echo Peaks, and The Cockscomb; Cathedral Range from the Sunrise Trail, south of Long Meadow.
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IMG_4857.JPG5 viewsFrom left to right, Columbia Finger (far left), Echo Peaks, and The Cockscomb (far right); Cathedral Range above Long Meadow.
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IMG_4862.JPG5 viewsCathedral Peak from .08 miles south of 9700' Cathedral Pass. The lower, left (west) summit is Eichorn Pinnacle; North Face, I, 5.4. The east summit has many routes, the easiest is the West Face, class 4. The classic route is the grade II, 5.5 Southeast Buttress route, (just left of the right skyline in the photo). I did that route and then the North Face of Eichorn Pinnacle from the saddle July 26, 1971, and the Southeast Buttress again October 8, 1988.
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IMG_4872.JPG5 viewsCathedral Peak and upper Cathedral Lake from 9700' Cathedral Pass.
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IMG_4895.JPG5 viewsTufa Tower, South Tufa grove, Mono Lake.
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IMG_4901.JPG5 viewsTufa Towers, South Tufa grove, Mono Lake.
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