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Emigrant Wilderness: Fall 2006: Photos 42 to 62
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November 7th 2006 by Stephen Paul
November is always a great time to go backpacking in the Sierra Nevada. Conditions are ripe for solitude: the children are all in school, the days are short and the weather is cold. Rain always arrives in California by Halloween, but mostly the storms have only just started to come, if at all. Because of this, only the most determined hikers and backpackers can be found in the wilderness- Fortunately for me and some friends, we were some of them!
Relief Reservoir is near Sonora Pass, a 9643 ft (2919 meter) Mountain Pass that was first crossed in 1853 by only the most determined of settlers. In history, the settling of California is told from an East Coast perspective. Thus, the mass migration of these people is termed Emigration- "To leave on region and settle in another". So, when this region between Sonora Pass and Yosemite National Park was established as a preserve in 1931 and later a Wilderness Area in 1975, it was appropriately called the "Emigrant Wilderness" due to the large number of settlers seeking fame and fortune in the California Gold Rush.
Highway 108 that goes from the city of Sonora over the Sierra Nevada to
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November 8th 2006 - Antsy: awesome photos
As always, great photos and blog! Hopefully next spring, I'll be able to visit this amazing place :)
November 15th 2006 - BlackManx: Glorious Mud!!!
Love the mud photos, who'd of thought it could be so beautiful!!!
March 22nd 2007 - Apxxx:
Oh god is it possible for me to visit these beautiful places in my life ......
April 18th 2007 - deleted_32415:
great photos, i have a D80 too but you have inspired me to go out and take better photos
thank you
www.chrisafir.com
Wow thanks! The D80 takes great pictures on a tripod, on automatic, manual...
June 5th 2008 - kristin pallante: developer?
I happen to run across your photos in doing research for a hike in my neighborhood..... I live in Sonora CA. You take beautiful photos. I have the same camera as you but would like to find a high quality developer. Any suggestions? Thanks!
June 27th 2009 - jericho: about releif resevoir
the equipment you saw there was used to build a tramway for supplies to build the dam. if you look into the water to the side of the dam you can see more under water. also there is a man made cave in a large rock formation close to the dam this is were the men camped while building the dam. there is rumored to be a rail line at the bottom of the lake too.I spent alot of time there my first solo trip was at age 12. i love it there but havent been in about 12 years.
July 9th 2009 - kkcowgirl: Dam backwards?
We go hiking up here often. Great pics! I've always questioned, however, why the dam was built the way it was. It looks backwards...isn't the arch supposed to be pointing into the water it's holding back? I wonder if this was intentional, or a monumental engineering error?
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lots of layers: Pines, Firs, Granite, Dead Giants, Aspen Grove, Volcanic Ridge, Clouds, Sky
Glacial Erratic
Glacial Erratics are a piece of rock carried by glacial ice far from its original location. When the glacier melts, the rock is gently placed on the rock below it.
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November 8th 2006 - Antsy: awesome photos
As always, great photos and blog! Hopefully next spring, I'll be able to visit this amazing place :)
November 15th 2006 - BlackManx: Glorious Mud!!!
Love the mud photos, who'd of thought it could be so beautiful!!!
March 22nd 2007 - Apxxx:
Oh god is it possible for me to visit these beautiful places in my life ......
April 18th 2007 - deleted_32415:
great photos, i have a D80 too but you have inspired me to go out and take better photos
thank you
www.chrisafir.com
Wow thanks! The D80 takes great pictures on a tripod, on automatic, manual...
June 5th 2008 - kristin pallante: developer?
I happen to run across your photos in doing research for a hike in my neighborhood..... I live in Sonora CA. You take beautiful photos. I have the same camera as you but would like to find a high quality developer. Any suggestions? Thanks!
June 27th 2009 - jericho: about releif resevoir
the equipment you saw there was used to build a tramway for supplies to build the dam. if you look into the water to the side of the dam you can see more under water. also there is a man made cave in a large rock formation close to the dam this is were the men camped while building the dam. there is rumored to be a rail line at the bottom of the lake too.I spent alot of time there my first solo trip was at age 12. i love it there but havent been in about 12 years.
July 9th 2009 - kkcowgirl: Dam backwards?
We go hiking up here often. Great pics! I've always questioned, however, why the dam was built the way it was. It looks backwards...isn't the arch supposed to be pointing into the water it's holding back? I wonder if this was intentional, or a monumental engineering error?
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