I spent the summer of 1971 working as an instructor for the California Outward Bound School. We were headquartered at a moth-balled Marine base at Pickel Meadows, on the east side of the Sierras, where the West Walker River crosses under the Sonora Pass Highway. From there, we could look straight south to Tower Peak, which sits on the ridge that defines the northern boundary of Yosemite Park.
Sullivan was an earlier (or was it later?) name for CalOBS
Our expeditions started with Tower Peak , followed by the Sawtooth Ridge and Matterhorn Peak area, Mount Conness, the Kuna Crest and ended with an ascent of Mount Lyell, which sits on the ridge that defines the southeast boundary of the park.
Tower Peak, 11 photos
Ehrnbeck Peak sits east of Tower Peak
Starting up Tower Peak
On Tower Peak, with a view to Ehrnbeck Peak
On Tower Peak
Nearby peak
On Tower Peak
On Tower Peak
On Tower Peak
On Tower Peak
Sunset sky
Waterfall
Sawtooth Ridge, Matterhorn Peak and Whorl Mountain, 18 photos
Sawtooth Ridge
Sawtooth Ridge area
Sawtooth Ridge area
Sawtooth Ridge area
Sawtooth Ridge area
Sawtooth Ridge area
Sawtooth Ridge area
Sawtooth Ridge area
Matterhorn Peak
Whorl Mountain area
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
Whorl Mountain
South to Mount Conness, 15 photos
Mountain view
Clouds
Sun, clouds and ridge
Interestingly eroded boulder
Zen-type arrangement of vein and boulders
Small falls
God beams
Peaks to the west of Horse Creek
Students at timberline camp
Mount Conness, N. Ridge
Mount Conness, N. Ridge
Conness Lake
Mount Conness, N. Ridge
Mount Conness, N. Ridge
Mount Conness
The Kuna Crest to Mount Lyell, 10 photos
On the Kuna Crest, view south to Mount Lyell
Indian Paintbrush on the Parker Pass trail
Donahue Pass and my pack
Glacier polish on the way to Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell summit
Waterfall and snowbank
Sunset
Wow!….again……..Isn’t it “God’s Beams”?……………….What’s the symbol on your pack?
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God beams or god rays or crepuscular rays. Symbol is Hebrew characters that spell the word: “kosher”
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