Sunrise on Wilmer Lake. Glass smooth water with perfect relections, and we still had the entire lake to ourselves.
Looking further North across the lake.
Later in the morning and the colors are eye-popping. The scenery looks pretty much identical upside-down or rightside-up!
Dad taking in the scenery.
The sun is getting higher and in addition to the reflections on the water, you can see the greens from the bottom of the lake.
Definitely one of my favorite spots from recent trips.
It was tough to pull ourselves away from the lake, but at last we did. Now we're climbing up and out of the lake basin.
Some great forest single track as we briefly follow the PCT.
Heading into Tilden Canyon, one of the most remote areas in the Lower 48 states. Almost 20 trail miles from the nearest road or building of any type.
Like yesterday, this day would be full of a seemingly endless string of beautiful, yet unnamed, ponds and lakes.
The next lake for the day.
Another amazingly clear lake.
I never get tired of these lakes.
I have definitely never been on a trail with more lakes per mile than this. And all the lakes are still full in this dry year. And we haven't seen a human in…
Fresh bear scat complete with orange berries from the bushes we've been seeing. We saw evidence of bears all day but never did actually see a bear.
Lakes, lakes, and more lakes.
Climbing out of Tilden Canyon and into the far North end of Tiltill Valley. Lots of classic Sierra scenery complete with granite domes.
Dad almost to the high point of the loop at just under 9,000' near Tiltill Mountain. Not bad for a 75 year old!! He makes me swear to be doing this when I'm 75.…
Canyons and valleys as far as the eye can see.
One more lake. I actually thought there was one more after this where we could fill water for the day. But this turned out to be the last lake, which meant we…