Methuselah Trail, Inyo National Forest, August 2023 With wily limbs, wild shapes, and colorful bark, the bristlecone pines of California’s White Mountains are notable not only for their curious disposition but also their incredible longevity: with some living bristlecones thought to be as much as 5,000 years old, these are, simply put, the oldest living …
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Big Pine Lakes, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, August 2023 The simple names—First Lake, Second Lake, etc.—belie the picturesque setting of Big Pine Lakes, nestled in a majestic valley across the High Sierra Crest from Kings Canyon National Park. Once a relatively well-kept local secret, the Internet and social media have turned the lakes …
Lower Lamarck Lake, John Muir Wilderness, August 2023 Named for a famous early 19th-century French biologist and naturalist, Lamarck Lakes are set below dramatic granite facades in the eastern Sierra Nevada and accessed by way of a steep and challenging trail in the vicinity of Aspendell and Bishop, California. The relentless climb ends at two …
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