Pictures of the Sphinx Lakes, Kings Canyon

Hiking to the Sphinx Lakes, Kings Canyon

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(more details on the last lakes to the Sphinx Pass)

Looking up (south) from Lake 3 (Sphinx Pass is roughly under the lower cloud)

Looking up (south) from Lake 3 (to Sphinx Pass stay to the right of the little black pyramid

Granite slab above Lake 3

The trail on the northern (lower) side of Lake 3

Lake 3

Lake 3 and 4 (the twin lakes)	Vestiges of a trail by Lake 3
The hill behind the twin lakes

The bridge between the lakes

The natural bridge between the lakes

Lake 3 and the abyss we emerged from

The white clouds point to Sphinx Pass (stay to the right of the oblique pyramid)

The eastern canyon (there are two lakes here, but no access to Sphinx Pass)

The eastern canyon

Sphinx 8 (lower lake of the eastern canyon)

The scar in the eastern canyon

The eastern canyon

Sphinx 9 (upper lake of the eastern canyon, with island and ducks)

The oblique pyramid

Walking to the right of the oblique pyramid (leaving the eastern canyon for the western canyon, which is the one leading to the Sphinx Pass)

Up the western canyon (right of the oblique sphinx). Sphinx Pass is the bottom of the V on the left

Sphinx 5

Approaching Sphinx 5 up the western canyon

Submerged stones in Sphinx 5

Sphinx 5

Looking up (south) from Sphinx 5

Sphinx 5

Sphinx 6

Sphinx Pass (you can almost see a natural route on the left hand side)

Sphinx Pass

Sphinx 6

The last pond from above

Sphinx Pass

The very last pond

Lunch below Sphinx Pass

Sphinx 6 and the view below