A couple of tarns visible in the shadows on the hike up to Mather Pass.
The joy of topping the pass after a hard climb.
The view east from Mather Pass.
Mather Pass
Mather Pass was not a hard climb from our high camp at Upper Palisades Lake, but for a hiker starting in much lower Le Conte Canyon, it would be a formidable 4000' climb.
#28: 37.0315 N, 118.4601 W 12100'