Hockett Plateau, Sequoia National Park, May 2007 - Page 5 - bryanlallen's Photos

A training hike to the Hockett Meadows area starting and ending at the South Fork trailhead in Sequoia National Park, May 25-27, 2006. It had been a dry winter so the area was relatively snow-free and the streams were only moderately full.

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bryanlallen > Walking stick is just under four feet high at its top, giving scale for the large bear-claw marks on this tree. I did see a bear ambling away from me close to this area the next morning; the bear was an attractive golden cinnamon in color.

bryanlallen > The trail goes ever on. The soil across much of the Hockett Plateau is quite sandy.

bryanlallen > Near trail junction to Blossom Lakes. Wet Meadow Entrance is an eastern boundary of this part of Sequoia National Park.

bryanlallen > A sign next to the previous sign; guess they don't want anyone to miss the turnoff to Blossom Lakes.

bryanlallen > Daylight was dwindling; this is a view to the east across the drainage of the Little Kern River, with the Great Western Divide in the distance.

bryanlallen > Lower Blossom Lake, with my shoes and socks soaking up the last few drying rays of the sun.

bryanlallen > Campsite at Lower Blossom Lake. I may have been the first to camp at the lake that season, but there was evidence that the area gets fairly heavy use in the summertime, especially from packstock, as there were some tie-down rails and other slight improvements here and there.

bryanlallen > Dinner preparation. My stove burns small twigs; it's a carbon-neutral solution! No fuel weight to carry either!

bryanlallen > Sunset clouds reflected in Lower Blossom Lake.

Walking stick is just under four feet high at its top, giving scale for the large bear-claw marks on this tree. I did see a bear ambling away from me close to this area the next morning; the bear was an attractive golden cinnamon in color.

> Walking stick is just under four feet high at its top, giving scale for the large bear-claw marks on this tree. I did see a bear ambling away from me close to this area the next morning; the bear was an attractive golden cinnamon in color.

Walking stick is just under four feet high at its top, giving scale for the large bear-claw marks on this tree. I did see a bear ambling away from me close to this area the next morning; the bear was an attractive golden cinnamon in color.

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