LOOKING UP THE KERN RIVER TO FARAWAY HIGH SIERRA PEAKS

STARING THE KERN RIVER LOOP TRAIL

VIEW WEST TO THE KERN RIVER FROM THE START OF THE PLEASANT DESCENT TO THE RIVER

THE OFTEN PHOTOGRAPHED VIEW OF A SMALL TARN NOT FAR FROM THE KERN RIVER

THE SECOND LAKE BEFORE THE TRAIL LEAVES THE KERN RIVER DRAINAGE AND HEADS UP TOWARD LAKE SOUTH AMERICA

END OF DAY 2 VIEW OF STANFORD AND GREGORY'S MONUMENT

SUNRISE DAY 3 - THUNDER PEAK ON THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE IN THE CENTER OF THE VIEW

EMERGING FROM THE FOREST AT ABOUT 11,500 FT

WATER EVERYWHERE IN THE UPPER KERN RIVER BASIN

HARRISON PASS - THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR A CLIMB OF GREGORY'S MONUMENT AND EVENTUALLY OVER TO STANFORD

MORE VIEWS OF GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE PEAKS FROM UPPER KERN RIVER BASIN

MORE VIEWS OF GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE PEAKS FROM UPPER KERN RIVER BASIN

HARRISON PASS AND THE SLOG UP TO GREGORY'S MONUMENT.

A MORE WIDE ANGLE VIEW OF HARRISON PASS AND MT STANFORD

SMALL TARN VIEW OF MILESTONE TO THUNDER

GREGORY'S MONUMENT FROM LAKE SOUTH AMERICA

THE VIEW SOUTH TO THE KERN RIVER CANYON FROM THE UGLY PASS ABOVE LAKE SOUTH AMERICA

LOOKING BACK AT THE STUPID PASS YOU COME DOWN FROM ON THE FINAL LEG OF THE UPPER KERN RIVER BASIN LOOP

MORNING DAY 4. HEADED NORTH TO FORESTER PASS