Hoover Wilderness
Location Description
145 photos
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On Saturday July 21, Jasper, Elaine, Monica and I...
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Home of the rugged Sawtooth Range, and premier Sierra...
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The approach from the fishing and RV hamlet of Twin...
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Crossing hot meadows and scrub-brush choked valleys on...
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Jasper, taking the lead.
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Views of the Incredible Hulk and Little Slide Canyon...
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Passing by Barney Lake on our passage to the High Sierra.
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Crown Point towering above Barney Lake
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Monica, next to Barney Lake.
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Cliffs falling straight into the lake.
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Monica and meadows above Barney Lake.
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Crew hiking toward Crown Point.
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Crown Point was the dominating figure on the landscape...
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The Hoover Wilderness is known for treacherous stream...
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Garter snake on the trail, slithering away as soon as he saw me.
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The Hoover Wilderness rock formations looked solid,...
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100+ feet of vertical, diamond hard granite.
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Other interesting formations along the way.
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Jasper and Elaine, goofing around on the trail.
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As well as craggy alpine peaks there were also familiar...
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Monica, rounding a set of switchbacks.
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Getting closer to level ground.
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Hiking between cliffs.
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Taking a breather.
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Looks like fun climbing.
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The group hiking along.
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Jasper manages to salt-stain his shirt on every hike we...
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Group photo next to a small pond.
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Green lakes that Hoover Wilderness (and specifically...
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Green alpine lakes. It looked so inviting for swimming....
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Crown Point lakes.
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Monica and John.
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Jasper.
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Crown Lakes, larger but not as inviting for swimming.
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Starting to think about finding a place to camp.
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Monica crossing the small inlet to Crown Lakes.
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View to the northeast, after passing Crown Lakes.
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Trail leading to the next set of lakes.
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Almost at Crown Lake.
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Hikers starting to get a bit weary, with Slide Mountain...
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Monica on the shore of the lake we decided to camp near.
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Jasper's found the best camping spot: some flat ledges...
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Jasper goes swimming at 9,500 ft.
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Looks like fun?
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Watching from the opposite shore. I had gone around to...
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Monica washing her swollen feet by the lake.
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Clean toes.
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Steep, cracked cliffs looming above the lake.
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Deploying the counter-measures.
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Elaine, Jasper, and the campsite they found.
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Looks of celebration.
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Time to cook dinner. Styrofoam box contains at least 4...
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Post hike yoga-stretches.
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Slide Mountain. Looks like quite a climb.
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And Slide stays in the sun right up until sunset.
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Monica is always attracting strange alien-looking insects.
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Getting ready for an early bedtime.
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Not a bad place to spend a night.
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Getting ready for bed.
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We slept like rocks. Gentle winds and a temperature that...
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Packed up after breakfast and ready to hit the trail,...
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Mandatory stream-jumping to get from our semi-island...
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Elaine jumping the stream.
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Jasper and Elaine and Monica headed up the next set of...
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Hiking toward Snow Lake with the new dominating feature...
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Slide Mountain.
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Hiking toward Rock Island Pass.
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Admiring the view.
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Finally getting another view of the Sawtooths (from the...
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Very rugged ridge, not hard to guess how it got its...
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Slide Mountain.
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Headed toward Snow Lake and the pass.
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Strange berries or parasites that seemed to grow inside...
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Tower on the side of Slide Mountain.
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Monica nearing Snow Lake and the Sawtooths in the background.
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Into alpine meadow territory. My favorite.
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Not a bad place to spent a morning outdoors.
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Leaving Slide behind us.
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Matterhorn Peak somewhere in there. Maybe on the right.
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Heading down to Snow Lake.
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Sure enough, still a little bit of snow up here, even in...
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Monica and John at Snow Lake, Hoover Wilderness.
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Snow Lake. Slide Mountain at right.
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Looking back to the east. Lots of cloud activity today.
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Following the gentle grade up to Rock Island Pass.
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At the pass, and entrance into Yosemite National Park.
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Monica demonstrates the inefficacy of her altimeter....
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Leaving the Hoover Wilderness behind.
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Jasper tries to be the one who got to the highest point...
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Try one.
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And lift-off. Apparently there was some jumping theme on...
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Headed into a wildflower-filled canyon in a remote...
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Wildflowers were everywhere and smelled incredibly...
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Monica strikes a pose.
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Purple flowers.
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Rows of reddish purple grass-like flowers with an...
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Stopping to smell the flowers.
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Easy hiking through Yosemite high country. The mountain...
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Stopping to tie a shoe.
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Yawning vertical cracks on Lego Mountain.
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Boulder hopping in Kerrick Meadows in Yosemite.
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This area on my map was marked as a swamp, so I was...
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Peaceful Kerrick Meadows.
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Look! Only 35 miles to Tuolumne Meadows.
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Hiking northeast out of Kerrick Meadow towards Peeler Lake.
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Walking through the tail end of Kerrick Meadows. Group...
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Fat marmot frolicking in Kerrick Meadow.
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Looking well-fed.
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Jasper photographing the milepost.
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Monica and John at the junction between the trails to...
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Clouds starting to look like they might be serious.
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Approaching Peeler Lake around lunchtime.
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Underwater photo of the blue waters of Peeler Lake.
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Jasper getting ready to swim in cobalt Peeler Lake. The...
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Getting ready.
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Pretty much committed at this point.
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Jasper and Elaine at Peeler Lake.
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Jasper going back for more. Elaine braces herself.
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Peeler Lake with the Sawtooths in the distance.
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Climbing back ashore.
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Jasper and Elaine.
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John, jumping into Peeler Lake while Elaine watches,...
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Jasper, jump number 3.
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Monica, trying the hard way to get into cold water.
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Brrr....
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Peeler Lake from the trail after lunch.
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John, Monica, Jasper and Elaine with Peeler Lake / Crown...
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Hiking along the shore.
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Path blasted into the steep rocky shoreline of Peeler Lake.
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Sandy cove along the lake.
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Crown Point, above Peeler Lake.
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An unusual passage through a cliff band.
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At this point we had completed the sucker of our...
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And this is when the mercifully dry weather started to...
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Our view disappeared and granite quickly became...
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Big log across the trail.
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River crossing, with a tiny bit more flow than yesterday.
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Crown Point which had been vibrant against a blue sky...
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Monica passing the meadows above Barney Lake.
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Jasper, gallivanting down the trail.
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Weather starts to clear for a bit around Barney Lake.
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Barney Lake. Stopping for a snack break.
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Incredible Hulk on the walk out.
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Stopping at the junction with the trail to Little Slide Canyon.
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Hiking out through a forest of quaking aspen.