On my day off, I hiked from Tioga Pass to the summit of Mt. Dana, 13,057 ft, to look for sky pilot, alpine gold, buckwheat, and the flowers of the "sky gardens." I saw them all, along with marmots, pikas, squirrels and views upon views, ranges upon ranges, Mono Lake, and even glaciers!
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Sky Pilot Leaves
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Sky Pilot This is the highest growing flower in the continental United...
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Sky Pilot sky garden at 12,800 feet
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Sky Pilot
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Sky Pilot!
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Sky Pilot in the rocks near the summit of Mt. Dana, about 13,000 ft.
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Dana Glacier and Mono Lake To the East are Dana Glacier and Glacier Canyon, part of the Dana...
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Dana Plateau and Mono Lake
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Mono Craters and White Mountains
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Dana Lake, Glacier Canyon
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Dana Couloir
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Me on the summit of Mt. Dana At 13,057 feet, this is the second highest peak in Yosemite. This is...
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Me on Mt. Dana, Southwest The colorful snowy peak behind me is Mt. Gibbs, just about 300 feet...
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Banner Peak and Mt. Ritter poking out Banner Peak, Mt. Ritter and the Ritter Range peaks poke up beyond the...
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Summit Panorama 1 Mt. Gibbs, Koip and Kuna Crests, Cathedral Range
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Summit Panorama 2 Cathedral Range, Lyell Canyon, Tuolumne Meadows, Dog Lake
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Summit Panorama 3 Tuolumne Meadows, Dana Meadows, Gaylor Lakes, Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River
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Summit Panorama 4 Gaylor Lakes, Tioga Pass, Tioga Lake, Saddlebag Lake, Mt. Conness,...
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Summit Panorama 5 Mt. Conness, Sawtooth Ridge, Dunderberg Peak, Shepherd Crest, Dana...
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Summit Panorama 6 Dana Plateau and Mono Lake
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Summit Panorama 7 Mono Lake, Mono Craters, and the White Mountains, including Boundary Peak.
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Summit Panorama 8 Mono Craters, White Mountains, Sierra Crest, Mt. Gibbs
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Summit Panorama 9 Mt. Gibbs, Koip Crest, Mammoth Ski Slopes, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Crest
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Another view of the Lyell Glacier
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Sky Pilot on summit of Mt. Dana
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