Talk about a trip you took out to Anza Borrego
A trip started in the desert
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Buford Posts: 467
12/10/2017
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Owens Valley is a desert right?
Quick backpacking trip over Labor Day. To avoid crowds and make permits easier, I did a lollipop loop in and out over one of the less traveled east side passes of the Sierra.
Nothing like waking up at sea level at 3:00 am, picking up a permit at Lone Pine at 8:00 am, hitting the trail at 9:30 am at 6k of elevation, and going over a 12k pass right after lunch:
I looked for Bighorn in a couple likely places on this trip and did not see any. I have yet to see them in the Sierra, guess I'll have to go back :
Spent about a mile on the Pacific Crest Highway, snapped the stereotypical shot and left the trail:
There must have been sixty lakes in the basin:
Upper most lake was still partially frozen over in September:
Calm winds, good reflections, flying bloodsuckers all go hand-in-hand:
Less than sixty lakes in this basin, but greater than 60 people meant time to move on quickly:
No dragons at the lake, no Bighorn Sheep either. There was other life:
Incoming storms alter plans to go over cross country passes and bag peaks. Incoming storms make great sunsets. Cellphone cameras don't capture sunsets well:
Hammered by rain all night, had to put up the shelter:
One last view from the pass:
Hopefully I make it back to Borrego next weekend.
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Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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