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YNP – California Falls
1905 1920 vague traces

About a mile and a half past Glen Aulin is California Falls, the first of 3 sets of water falls. As the water level is relatively low it’s pretty easy to walk right up to the water’s edge. During the…

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Near California Falls – YNP
1904 1920 vague traces

We stopped for lunch around California Falls on our way down the trail Saturday afternoon. The landscape all around us was amazing, you could easily see tens of miles in every direction. This area is covered with snow for a…

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Morning Light on the Tuolumne River
1917 1920 vague traces

We were only there for 2 mornings, but this is what it look on each of them. The water was so clear you could generally see down to the bottom no matter how deep it was (granted it’s late summer…

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Glen Aulin Lodge – YNP
1919 1920 vague traces

The main building at Glen Aulin is a large tent. In this tent – like all of the high-sierra camps (or at least the 2 that i’ve been to) – a lot of things take place. When you arrive at…

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Glen Aulin Falls – YNP
1920 1920 vague traces

Staying at Glen Aulin is quite nice. We managed to land what the camp manager stated was the “best tent they had, right next to the falls.” These were those falls. We were probably 50 feet away from the water’s…

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Tuolomne River (redux)
1890 1920 vague traces

Here’s a detail of the previous shot.

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Tuolumne River
1920 1915 vague traces

All along the trail the water flowed down the granite slabs as it has done for thousands of years. In many places the granite is so worn by the flow of the water that it looks just like the sand…

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Tuolumne River Rapids
1906 1920 vague traces

Surprisingly – to me at least – the river was strong, even in mid-august. All along the trail from Tuolumne to Glen Aulin the river rolls down long slabs of granite creating rapids that stretch on for hundreds of yards.…

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Preparing for Glen Aulin
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This past weekend was our long awaited trip to Glen Aulin – one of the High Sierra Camps in YNP. We ended up being able to drive up and spend the night in Groveland, CA Wednesday night and spend a…

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Burney Creek – Burney State Park
1915 1920 vague traces

Just past the waterfall a stream forms and carries through the valley off into the woods. I climbed out into what became a precarious position and made this image. The total exposure was about 1 minute with a light(ish) neutral…

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