Beautiful Day Hike

Great winter trip to Southern Sierra Nevada mountains in the Lake Isabella, CA region.  700 miles driven, sixty miles of hiking (including a few miles of snowshoe), and day after day of sunshine! Northbound on Pacific Crest Trail. Hwy 178 near Ridgecrest, CA.  Joshua tree "forest" in foreground. Northbound on Pacific Crest Trail. Hwy 178 near Ridgecrest, CA. 

Near Mojave, CA.

Northbound in Owens Peak Wilderness. Near Ridgecrest, CA.   Switchbacks behind me through the snow.

Near Ridgecrest, CA. 

Near Weldon, CA.

From MountaIn Mesa, CA. 

Near Lake Isabella, CA.

Sequoia NF. Just north of Kernville, CA.

Morning calm. Wofford Heights, CA.

Above Hungry Gulch Campground and Lake Isabella. Near Wofford Heights, CA. 

Off Hwy 155. Above Wofford Heights, CA.  View towards Greenhorn Summit.  

Near Greenhorn Summit. Sequoia NF. Above Wofford Heights, CA.

Old stock trail. Sequoia NF, near Kernville, CA.

View of Paiute Mtn. From Lightner's Flat. Breckenridge Rd, near Lake Isabella. 

Pacific Crest Trail Southbound, at Kelso Valley Road.

Near Lake Isabella, CA. 

Beautiful Sierra Nevada views, at Alta Sierra ski area!  Sequoia NF, near Wofford Heights, CA.

Walker Pass, CA 178.