# Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra — August 2024

2024-08-23 · Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra, CA

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## Day 1 · August 23

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![Morning light on the Yosemite Valley walls.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670777648.jpg)

![Half Dome.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54669722627.jpg)

![Granite country from the trail.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670871350.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 4.5 miles.

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**Observed:** [lupines](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238155781).

## Day 2 · August 24

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![Snow on the firs in August.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670769838.jpg)

![Storm clouds and new snow.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670543396.jpg)

![Cathedral Range in the clouds.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670866800.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 4 miles.

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**Observed:** [Gentians](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238155777).

## Day 3 · August 25

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![Frosty morning meadow reflection.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54669700517.jpg)

![Lyell Fork reflection.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670534176.jpg)

![Ansel Adams Wilderness sign.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54669693392.jpg)

![Thousand Island Lake from above.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54669688867.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 3.5 miles.

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## Day 4 · August 26

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![Lake reflection at dawn.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670787988.jpg)

![Minarets.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670800324.jpg)

![Ritter Range over a lake.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670563881.jpg)

![Whitebark pine.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670564121.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 14 miles.

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**Observed:** [Wright's buckwheat](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238155786), [Prickly Hawkweed](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238155785), [Sierra Gooseberry](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238155794), [Mule Deer](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238156298).

## Day 5 · August 27

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![Alpine lake below the peaks.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670804364.jpg)

![Gnarled tree in black and white.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670834865.jpg)

![Evening over the lakes.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670507901.jpg)

![Alpenglow.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670504746.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 11 miles.

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## Day 6 · August 28

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![Milky Way over the ridge.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670807324.jpg)

![Still lake at morning.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670726463.jpg)

![Sierra treefrog.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54670719518.jpg)

![Gentians.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/eastern-sierra-2024/54669738187.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 5 miles.

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**Observed:** [Northern Alligator Lizard](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300852779).