Seven Gables


Florence Lake

Glacier Divide

Sallie Keyes Lakes

Sallie Keyes Lakes

Sallie Keyes Lakes

Sallie Keyes Lakes

Heart Lake

Heart Lake

Heart Lake

Heart Lake

Heart Lake

Marie Lake from Selden Pass

Marie Lake

Marie Lake

Mt Senger

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Crags

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Bear Creek East Fork

Seven Gables Lakes

Gemini

Seven Gables

Seven Gables

Vee Lake

Vee Lake

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Gemini

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables Lakes

Seven Gables from Ruskie Pass

Merriam Peak from Ruskie Pass

Pilot Knob and the Glacier Divide

Above Merriam Lake

Royce Peak & Merriam Peak

Above Merriam Lake

Above Merriam Lake

Above Merriam Lake

Above Merriam Lake

Above Merriam Lake

Above Merriam Lake

Merriam Lake

Merriam Lake

Merriam Lake

Merriam Lake

Below Merriam Lake

Below Merriam Lake

Below Merriam Lake

Mount Humphreys

Pilot Knob

Below Merriam Lake

Below Merriam Lake

Pilot Knob

Piute Canyon

I took these pictures on a 6-night backpacking trip with Ed and Alyson in the John Muir Wilderness in September 2005.

We started at the Florence Lake Trailhead (7400ft) on the Western side of the Sierras,
crossed Selden Pass (10800ft) and Ruskie Pass (12050ft),
and looped back to Florence Lake via French Canyon and Piute Canyon.

The total distance was about 40 miles, with an elevation gain and loss of about 7000ft.

Here is a map with our route indicated. Note that part of the hike (from below Seven Gables Lakes to French Canyon) is cross-country. And it's steep - see the elevation profile. Also note that Ruskie Pass unexpectedly had a short class 3 stretch at the top on the Eastern side, and also (at least this year) a long steep snowfield that was easy enough to go down but which might be problematic coming up: definitely not an "easy class 2 gully" as described in (at least our edition of) "The High Sierra - Peaks, Passes, and Trails"

You can see where this area is on a larger map.

I also made a map with clickable arrows for the High Sierra portion of the hike, with the arrows pointing in the direction of each photo.
The tip of the arrow indicates where I was standing when I took the photo.

You may also want to check out the zoomable Topozone map,
or a Google Maps satellite view centered on Marie Lake,
or a Google Maps zoomed out map view for context.

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© 2005 Susanne Z. Riehemann