Back in Bishop I head to the ranger station to get some beta on the status of Kearsarge Pass to the south, my next conquest. As usual, they don't really have up to date information, and just give you the default "it's snowy above 10000 feet" line. They were very pleased to see the photos of Bishop Pass that I took the day before, which I brought my laptop in to show them. Maybe now they'll have some concrete information to tell people, when they ask about that pass at least. I head down to the town of Independence, and then up the road to Kearsarge Pass. I figure, if anything, it will have a bit less snow, since it's more southerly. I park for the night at the trailhead parking lot, and set off in
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