Ted's Hiking World Duck Pass
John Muir Wilderness

July 20, 2021

The best hike in the Mammoth Lakes area did its thing today.

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Start of the forested switchbacks

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Skelton Lake

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Barney Lake and the pass

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Starting up the pass

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That appears to be a wedding party

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I don't know of a lake prettier than that one

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My best-ever shots of Coville's Columbines

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Bristlecone Pine

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Ledge Stonecrop

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Dave reaches the pass

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A pack train reaches the pass

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Duck Lake, and Pika Lake behind it

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Lunch time

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Two hikers on the Pika Lake Trail

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Last look

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Starting back

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This is why I go hiking

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Exquisite Barney Lake

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The gang is way ahead again

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Sierra Onion *
Yampah and Groundsel

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Window into Skelton Lake

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Braving the Emerald Lake Cutoff Trail

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Gentian Meadow and Emerald Lake

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A modern blaze?

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