Backpack Trip to the Hoover Wilderness and Yosemite National Park

August 7-13, 2007

On the backpack trip were me (Richard Muller), Rosemary Muller, Elizabeth Muller, Rahal Waladi, and Thomas Findley Jr. There was plenty of water, but essentially no mosquitoes. This trip has more lakes per mile than just about any other trip I have ever taken. We also saw some spectacular meteors from the Perseids, but I got no photos of those.

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Map of our backpack trip of August 7-13, 2007. We went clockwise around the loop.	Rosemary sitting by Green Lake in the Hoover Wilderness, just to the North-East of Yosemite. Virginia Pass (our return route) is visible in the upper left.	Crossing the stream on the way up to East Lake.	East Lake, in the Hoover Wilderness. Elizabeth and Rahal.
Gilman Lake Hoover Wilderness	Lower Hoover Lake lunch stop	Campsite by Summit Lake. The low pass is visible just over the lake. The mountains behind are in Yosemite.	Red grasses by Summit Lake
Pheasant? Ptarmigan? Grouse? Photographed at 9000 feet, on trail down from Summit Lake into Yosemite. Can someone identify it?	Shepherd Crest seen from near Summit Lake pass (Virginia Canyon)	Return Creek, with Shepherd Crest in the background.	Return Creek, near the headwaters in Virginia Canyon
Hiking up to Return Lake Virginia Canyon, Yosemite	Return Creek meanderings Virginia Canyon, Yosemite	Return Lake source of Return Creek Virginia Canyon, Yosemite	Bear tracks near Return Lake
Bear track, close up.	Swimming in Return Lake. Yes, it was cold.	Tom hiking up the snowfield above Return Lake	Pond in the hanging valley above Return Lake
Soldier's Lake seen from the ridge next to Grey Butte, above Return Lake	Rich sipping some fresh meltwater	Rosemary finding the way down the other drainage	Sunset behind Virginia Peak seen from Return Lake
Return Lake littoral near dusk	Marmot, near Return Lake Virginia Canyon, Yosemite	Cathedral Range seen from trail up to Virginia Pass, Yosemite	The "trail" up to Virginia Pass Yosemite
Virginia Pass Windy. Rosemary Muller, Elizabeth Muller, Rahal Waladi, and Tom Findley.	Return Lake and Virginia Peak seen from Virginia Pass.	Virginia Canyon seen from Virginia Pass	Lichens at Virginia Pass, Yosemite
Glines Canyon down from Virginia Pass and back into the Hoover Wilderness	Monkey Flowers in Glines Canyon It's August -- but they seem to think it is spring!	Monkey Flowers Glines Canyon, Hoover Wilderness	Grasses, by Richard A. Muller Inspired by Rothko
Campsite in Glines Canyon Hoover Wilderness just outside of Yosemite	Sunrise in Glines Canyon The dramatic colors are from a smoky forrest fire in the Minarets.	Creek Textures	Crossing Glines Creek Hoover Wilderness
Fresh Needles Another photo in the Yosemite Textures series	Water Flowing in Glines Canyon	Water Jumping in Glines Canyon	Indian Paintbrush Glines Canyon
Green Lake Hoover Wilderness just outside Yosemite	Green Lake Hoover Wilderness	Hummingbird Moth along the west fork of Green Creek Hoover Wilderness