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IMG_4693.JPG2 viewsThe Tuolumne River, northwest of Tuolumne Meadows on the PCT.
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IMG_4699.JPG2 viewsWe could not start our backpack until the following day, the earliest date for which we were able to secure a wilderness permit. We ended up doing a day hike to Glen Aulin, then having to stay in a kind of "backpacker holding" campground.
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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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