East face of Kearsarge Peak from US 395 (left peak)	South face of Kearsarge Peak from Robinson Lake (Aug 2004)
Owens Lakebed, Lone Pine Peak, Mt Williamson, Mt Keith	Mt Keith, Junction Peak, Mt Ericsson, University Peak (middle)
I did a day hike from 9000' near Onion Valley to the 12,600' summit of Kearsarge Peak on June 15, 2005. It took 7 hours up and 4 hours down. I was looking for some old mining roads that I didn't find so I ended up doing the 4 plus miles cross country in deep sandy scree. On the way up I had to work into the rocks because it was too slow going. On the way down I was able to sand ski the fine scree and small rocks. I reached the top without having to do any snowfields but had to traverse one on the way down. I  only post holed to my ass a couple of times. I found a trail coming down on the east side of the mountain. It brought me back up and over to the west side before it petered out. I decided to go out via the lower end of the Golden Lakes trail and hike the road back to the Jeep. It pinched off into a narrow gorge but did give me a good view of the snow laden Sierra and a 60 foot spire I ended up getting back to the Jeep in the dark.
Enlarge    Spire on Kearsarge Peak, University Peak (background)	Me on summit of Keasarge Peak