Sequoia National Forest Scrambles

Location: Mineral King Area
Sequoia National Park, CA

Team Members: LDog and BJP

Mission:

Day One: Arrive in the park at 3 am.
Day Two: Hike in and establish base camp at 11,000 ft cirque below Sawtooth Peak.
Day Three: Attempt 1/2 mile ridge to pyramidal sub-peak of Sawtooth.

With a few hours of sleep under our belt and jolted with cowboy cafe we begin. Aren't the lowlands inspiring??




Getting better...



As we get higher...


Theres one of those big trees. Real big.



Monarch Lake with Mineral King in the background.
Granite to the left and chossy red rock to the right!

Lets go left!



Backside of Sawtooth Peak with kitty litter face in full view! Mmmmm....




Rocks are weird.

To conclude this post I just wanna say that there are cracks in them there hills.