Top of Sonora Pass
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Great shot. Do you travel down towards Conway Summit/Virginia Lakes turnoff? Wintry image would be spectacular.
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Markag wrote:
Great shot. Do you travel down towards Conway Summit/Virginia Lakes turnoff? Wintry image would be spectacular.
Thank you!
No, I have never been that way on 395... but it's on my list... would love to get some shots of Mono Lake too. Time for a road trip soon-- but may have to wait...I would need to be able to get over the Sonora Pass to 395 and it's closed for winter--
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relbugman wrote:
It's a 'quick' climb (we'd leave Bay Area early and have lunch at 12000 ft) to Sonora Peak where you get a 360 of the Sierra; worth it, but no streams there! Love your series, many memories of all of them so far.
Thank you... btw, I did find a stream in the Sonora Pass area-- got some shots of it, I'll post soon. I did have to hike around a bit to find it, though.
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SWFeral wrote:
That looks like my kind of area. Thank you for sharing this photo.
Thank you for commenting!
Jan 21, 2022 22:15:13 #
[quote=indigoblues] btw, I did find a stream in the Sonora Pass area
Was that Sardine Creek to the east?
There is one just to the west of the pass on the south side of the road, quite small there but growing on its way. It has some significance to bugologists: a rare insect called a Grylloblattid, in an order of its own, crawls around on the snow in winter, perhaps eating organic detritus and algae. They disappear for practical purposes when humans can get there early spring. Wonder how things will change as global warming increases? Can't move up very much farther!
I await your next excursion.
Was that Sardine Creek to the east?
There is one just to the west of the pass on the south side of the road, quite small there but growing on its way. It has some significance to bugologists: a rare insect called a Grylloblattid, in an order of its own, crawls around on the snow in winter, perhaps eating organic detritus and algae. They disappear for practical purposes when humans can get there early spring. Wonder how things will change as global warming increases? Can't move up very much farther!
I await your next excursion.
Jan 22, 2022 01:22:45 #
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I'm not sure which stream I found... could be one of the two you mention. Re: the bug... I looked it up-- really interesting how it prefers ice/snow!! And yes.. quite uncommon. Thanks so much for the info, I'm a very curious person and look everything up, there's always so much to learn
indigoblues wrote:
btw, I did find a stream in the Sonora Pass area ... (show quote)
I'm not sure which stream I found... could be one of the two you mention. Re: the bug... I looked it up-- really interesting how it prefers ice/snow!! And yes.. quite uncommon. Thanks so much for the info, I'm a very curious person and look everything up, there's always so much to learn
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