Photo Albums / Sierra Nevada Traverse

Passes & Gaps of Sierra Nevada Photos of Passes and Gaps (trail summits and road summits) in Sierra Nevada Mountains, viewed from and crossed on Pacific Crest Trail (and connecting trails such as John Muir Trail). [July thru October 2018] Tehachapi Pass [3,771 feet] / CA SR 58 Tehachapi Pass Pacific Crest Trail (north) "Pacific Crest Trail Hikers" Tehachapi Pass looking back Hamp Williams Pass [5,551 feet] ascending to Pass Hamp Williams Pass Bird Spring Pass [5,354 feet] / Bird Spring Canyon Road approaching Bird Spring Pass Bird Spring Canyon Road "Dove Springs Segment" "Scodie Segment" Skinner Peak from Pass, with water cache Bird Spring Pass Unnamed Pass (Pass 7000+) below Skinner Peak almost end of long ascent views from trail summit below Skinner Peak Walker Pass [5,250 feet] / CA SR 178 Walker Pass CA SR 178 (east) Water cache behind monument back to Walker Pass "Owens Peak Segment" entering Owens Peak Wilderness / above Walker Pass Olancha Pass [9,196 feet] No side trip Mulkey Pass [10,400 feet] approaching Muley Pass "Olancha Pass ->" "<- Trail Pass" "<- Horseshoe Meadow "Trail Pass ->" Trail Pass [10,499 feet] "Cottonwood Pass ->" "<- Mulkey Pass" "<- Horseshoe Mdw." "Mulkey Mdw. ->" Cottonwood Pass [11,128 feet] Pacific Crest Trail crosses Cottonwood Pass Trail Cottonwood Pass viewing east from Pass viewing southwest Peak 12336 Unnamed Pass (Pass 11,320+) on Sequoia National Park Boundary Joe Devel Peak from Pass 11320+ Big Whitney Meadow Siberian Outpost Mt. Langley and Joe Devel Peak entering Sequoia National Park (Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness) / 11,320 ft. leaving Golden Trout Wilderness (Inyo National Forest) Siberian Pass [10,935 feet] No side trip Trail Crest [13,645 feet] <JMT> No side trip Forester Pass [13,153 feet] Forester Pass / Kings-Kern Divide entering Kings Canyon National Park leaving Sequoia National Park viewing south from Pass viewing north Junction Peak from below Pass Kearsarge Pass [11,709 feet] <Side trip> Keasarge Pinnacles and Keasarge Lakes Keasarge Pass Big Pothole Lake University Peak and Big Pothole Lake "Kearsarge Pass 11,760 Feet" Glen Pass [11,926 feet] almost Glen Pass viewing north Rae Lakes from Pass viewing south Glen Pass from Upper Rae Lake Pichot Pass [12,090 feet] almost Pinchot Pass viewing south Mount Wyne viewing north Lake Marjorie Mather Pass [12,067 feet] almost Mather Pass viewing south / Upper Basin viewing north / Palisades viewing east / Peak 3980+ (Twin Peaks) looking back / Mather Pass Bishop Pass [11,972 feet] No side trip Muir Pass [11,955 feet] Muir Pass Muir Hut and Mount Solomon Mount Warlow viewing north / Wanda Lake and Lake McDermand viewing south / Black Divide Muir Pass and Wanda Lake Selden Pass [10,869 feet] viewing south / Heart Lake viewing west / Peak 12068 and ridge to north viewing north / Mono Divide and Marie Lake Selden Pass from Marie Lake Silver Pass [10,745 feet] viewing south Peak 11840+ and Warrior Lake viewing north / Peak 11424 and Chief Lake Mount Ritter and Banner Peak Mammoth Pass [9,383 feet] No side trip Minaret Summit [9,265 feet] <Side trip> Passed by with Reds Meadow Shuttle Bus Island Pass [10,233 feet] Island Pass Banner Peak over Lake 3100+ descending to Rush Creek Donohue Pass [11,066 feet] Mount Lyell and Donohue Pass viewing south from Donohue Pass viewing north / Cathedral Range and Amelia Earhart Peak Mount Lyell Cathedral Pass [9,708 feet] <JMT> Trisidder Peak from Cathedral Pass Cathedral Peak John Muir Trail thru Cathedral Pass Cathedral Peak from Cathedral Pass Echo Peaks Trisidder Peak Tioga Pass [9,943 feet] / CA SR 120 No side trip Benson Pass [10,125 feet] viewing east from Benson Pass viewing west from Benson Pass Volunteer Peak Seavey Pass [9,058 feet] unnamed lake near Seavey Pass Seavey Pass Seavey Pass Bond Pass [9,714 feet] No side trip Dorothy Lake Pass [9,596 feet] Dorothy Lake from below Pass "Wilmer Lake 9.0" "Entering Yosemite Wilderness" Forsyth Peak and Dorothy Lake Dorothy Lake Pass "Hoover WIlderness" Unnamed Pass (Pass 10400+) above Kennedy Canyon ascending to Pass 10400+ Molo Mountain and Kennedy Peak Leavitt Peak overlooking Upper Kennedy Canyon Pass 10400+ / Peak 10151, Peak 10200+ and Peak 10423 Sonora Pass [9,624 feet] / CA SR 108 descending to Sonora Pass "Pacific Crest Tr. No. 2000" Pacific Crest Peak and Sonora Pass "Carson-Iceberg Wilderness" Unnamed Pass (Pass 10400+) above Sonora Pass south ridge of Sonora Peak looking back from pass viewing southeast from Peak 10400+ / Sonora Peak viewed viewing east Wolf Creek Pass [8,448 feet] approaching junction near Wolf Creek Pass "<- -> PCT" "<- Elder Creek" Ebbetts Pass [8,736 feet] / CA SR 4 approaching CA SR 4 near Ebbetts Pass PCT south at CA SR 4 PCT north at CA SR 4 Ebbetts Pass / CA SR 4 east Ebbetts Pass / CA SR 4 west PCT north at CA SR 4 near Ebbetts Pass Unnamed Pass (Pass 9000+) above Carson Pass asceding north ridge of Elephants Back viewing west from pass viewing northwest from pass viewing east from pass entering Carson Pass Management Area (Eldorado National Forest) Carson Pass [8,574 feet] / CA SR 88 approaching Carson Pass Carson Pass Information Station CA SR 88 (west) at Carson Pass Carson Pass / CA SR 88 east CA SR 88 west Unnamed Pass (Pass 8800+) on rim of Lake Tahoe Basin looking back from unnamed pass unnamed lake at pass Round Top over unnamed pass Echo Summit [7,382 feet] / US 50 PCT south Echo Summit (trailhead parking) "Site of Echo Summit" Echo Summit PCT north PCT south Unnamed Gap (Gap 9200+) below Dicks Pass Dicks Lake Jacks Peak and Dicks Peak Susie Lake Dicks Pass [9,373 feet] almost Dicks Pass viewing north viewing south Dicks Peak from Dicks Pass Barker Pass [7,667 feet] / Barker Pass Road PCT south at Barker Pass Road "Barker Pass Pacific Crest Trailhead" Barker Peak and Barker Pass Road Barker Pass Trailhead PCT south PCT north Unnamed Pass (Pass 8600+) below Tinker Knob Tinker Knob viewing northeast viewing south / Peak 8761 Cold Stream Trail "<- Pacific Crest Trail ->" "<- Granite Chief" Roller Pass "Truckee Trail - Roller Pass" Donner Pass [7,056 feet] / Donner Pass Road "Historic Donner Summit" "Elev. 7135 Ft." Donner Pass Road (east) Summit Haus PCT north at Donner Pass Donner Lake from above Donner Pass Donner Summit (Euer Saddle) / Interstate 80 "<- Pacific Crest Trail ->" "<- Castle Pass" "Donner Pass ->" Tunnels under Interstate 80 Junction - Summit Lake Trail Use trail to Donner Summit Rest Area Lake 7200+ (West Lakes) Donner Summit Westbound Rest Area / Interstate 80 Castle Pass [7,917 feet] Castle Pass Castle Peak from Pass Henness Pass [6,916 feet] / Henness Pass Road No side trip Yuba Pass [6,709 feet] / CA SR 49 No side trip

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