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IMG_4710.JPG2 viewsTuolumne Falls.
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IMG_4711.JPG2 viewsTuolumne Falls.
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IMG_4714.JPG2 viewsWhite Cascade at Glen Aulin.
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IMG_4725.JPG2 viewsFinally we are on or way heading southeast up the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River. This is the first day of our loop backpack.
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IMG_4730.JPG2 viewsWe investigate a cascade along the Lyell Fork about a mile before our turnoff which climbs southwest, alongside Ireland Creek.
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IMG_4728.JPG2 viewsPerhaps 3 1/2 miles or so along the Lyell Fork from Tuolumne Meadows. Our turnoff, and steeper climbing is at mile 6.
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IMG_4737.JPG2 viewsFlowers along Ireland Creek, west of, and above Lyell Canyon.
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IMG_4743.JPG2 viewsIt is now 9:10 pm. South of our camp, the last direct sunlight on Amelia Earhart Peak. Mt. Lyell, the highest point in Yosemtie, is in the background, just right of center. Ireland Lake lies in front of Amelia Earhart Peak.
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IMG_4746.JPG2 views
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IMG_4744.JPG2 viewsTarn in meadow at 10424' east of Evelyn Lake. It is early in the season, and the meadows are saturated with recent snowmelt. The mosquitoes are a force to be reckoned with!
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IMG_4751.JPG2 viewsSomewhere along Fletcher Creek. We have descended to the point where there are now pines in these sub alpine meadows. A nice place for some lunch.
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IMG_4752.JPG2 viewsCascade on Fletcher Creek around 9600', just upstream from previous photo.
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