 Mt Williamson from 395 |
 Mt Williamson and Mt Tyndall from the town of Independence |
 Mt Williamson and Mt Tyndall from Hwy 395 |
 Towards the Symmes Creek trailhead |
 Towards the Symmes Creek trailhead |
 Towards the Symmes Creek trailhead (Foothill Rd) |
 Mt Williamson, Williamson Bowl, Mt Tyndall, Shepherd Creek canyon |
 Mt Williamson and the Saddle |
 Towards the trailhead |
 Towards the trailhead |
 Towards the trailhead |
 Towards the trailhead |
 Towards the trailhead |
 Mt Williamson and the Bowl |
 Towards the trailhead |
 The Shepherd Pass trailhead (Symmes Creek) |
 The Symmes Creek trailhead for Shepherd Pass |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers at the trailhead |
 Vegetation at the Shepherd Pass trailhead |
 Vegetation at the trailhead |
 Vegetation at the trailhead |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The canyon of the Symmes river at the beginning of the hike |
 The fork between the hiker and the stock trails |
 Entering the Muir Wilderness |
 The Symmes creek |
 The trail |
 First creek crossing |
 Second creek crossing |
 Third creek crossing |
 Fourth creek crossing |
 The Symmes canyon |
 The Symmes canyon |
 Fourth creek crossing from above |
 Towards the saddle |
 The view of the gorge below where the creek crossings were |
 The valley as we ascend to the saddle |
 Switchbacks |
 Switchbacks |
 Switchbacks |
 View east from the saddle (altitude: 2720 m) |
 The Saddle |
 The Saddle |
 First view of Williamson |
 First view of Williamson |
 The view southwest from the Saddle (Williamson) |
The Saddle |
First view of Williamson |
The view southwest from the Saddle (Williamson) |
| First view of Williamson |
View between Williamson and Shepherd Pass |
 View between Williamson and Shepherd Pass |
 The canyon to Anvil Camp and Shepherd Pass |
 Flowers |
 Flowers |
 Flowers |
 Waterfall (almost at Anvil Camp) |
 Sunrise in the canyon |
 The canyon towards Anvil camp |
 Anvil camp |
 Anvil camp (altitude: 3100 m) |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Wildflowers near Anvil Camp |
 Mt Keith before Anvil Camp |  Mt Keith before Anvil Camp |
 Mt Keith before Anvil Camp |
 Mt Keith before Anvil Camp |
 Mt Keith before Anvil Camp |
 The gap between Junction Peak and Mt Keith |
Click here for Mt Keith |
 Anvil Camp |
 Another creek crossing |
 The trail at Anvil camp |
 The trail past Anvil camp |
 The trail past Anvil camp |
 View east from above Anvil Camp |
 The trail towards the Pothole |
 The trail towards the Pothole |
 The Shepherd Creek near Pothole |
 The gap between Junction Peak and Mt Keith |
 The gap |
The peak before Junction Peak, the gap and Mt Keith from Pothole |
 The Pothole |
 Sign after the Pothole |
 The trail past Pothole |
 The trail past Pothole |
 Mt Keith |
 The trail past Pothole |
 Mt Keith |
 Trail past Pothole |
 Mt Keith |
 Southeastern ridge of Mt Keith |
 Shepherd Pass in July 2005 |
 Shepherd Pass in July 2005 |
 Shepherd Pass in July 2005 |
 Shepherd Pass in July 2005 |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 Trail to Shepherd Pass (july 2007) |
 First view of Mt Tyndall |
 The pass (altitude: 3700 m) |
 Mt Tyndall from Shepherd Pass |
 First sign at Shepherd Pass |
 Mt Tyndall from Shepherd Pass |
 Beyond the pass |
 Beyond the pass |
 Mt Keith |
 Looking towards Junction Peak |
 Looking towards Junction Peak |
 Butterfly at Shepherd Pass |
 Mt Tyndall from above Shepherd Pass |
 The Diamond Mesa |
 View east from Shepherd PAss |
 View down from Shepherd PAss |
 Hiking towards the crest |
 Mt Tyndall |
 Shepherd Pass (3700 m) |
 Shepherd Pass |
 Shepherd Pass |
 Shepherd Pass (tip of Mt Williamson beyond the crest) |
 Shepherd Pass from the crest above |
 Shepherd Pass from the crest above |
 Last flowers |
 Mt Williamson emerging in the south |
 Another mountain emerging from the Williamson Bowl |
 Mt Keith and the second lake after Shepherd Pass |
 Mt Tyndall |
 View north from the crest |
 Walking up the crest (Mt Williamson) |
 Walking up the crest (Mt Tyndall) |
 At the crest (Mt Tyndall) |
 At the crest looking back towards the Pass |
 Williamson Bowl (4000 m) |
 Entering the Williamson Bowl |
 The Williamson Bowl |
 The Williamson Bowl (left side) |
 The Williamson Bowl (right side) |
 The "bridge" inside the Williamson Bowl |
 The "bridge" inside the Williamson Bowl |
 The "bridge" inside the Williamson Bowl |
 Toward the black stain |
 Higher lake |
 At the foot of Williamson |
 The view on the way back down |
 The view on the way back down |
 Last view of Shepherd Pass |
 The Saddle |
 The Saddle |
 View east |
 Colossal mushroom |
For Mt Tyndall continues here
For Mt Williamson continues here
For Diamond Mesa, Junction Peak and Mt Keith continues here
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