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Owens Valley January 13-18, 2017
Mount Williamson (14,375' the 2nd highest in California) on the morning I left. Five or six days of good weather were supposed to be followed by five or six days of bad so I bailed.
Lake Lenzenhuber (My topographical map shows levies but no water with no name on the map)
Lubken Road with Lone Pine Peak just to the right of it.
Independence	Part of Seven Pines off Onion Valley Road with the snow capped Inyo Mountains
Lone Pine Peak and the Road up to Whitney Portal	The White Mountains were white
Kearsarge (Site)
There is no Rail Road Crossing. It marks the site of the old Kearsarge Station. The engine (The Slim Princess) has been sitting covered in Independence for years. They are working on getting it running again. Where they are planning on running it I have no idea. There is a very short section of track to the left of the crossing sign (100 feet maybe)
Loader looking towards the Sierra and looking towards the Inyos near the old Kearsarge site
My first camp was in the Kearsage area just down the west side of the ridge from the loader. I moved after the second day because shooters set up on the east side of the ridge and were shooting for hours. My dog Mya is afraid of gunfire and other loud noises. I took her up Mazourka road to the snow at about 7400' for a while but they were going to make a day out of it. I had only camped there because it was close to the paved road. The road up the hill to my normal camp was in good shape so I took the trailer up there to be away from the popular ridge. About 1 1/2 miles and 400 feet higher to about 4200'.
Had some clouds and sky color the last day for sunrise
Morning sun on Williamson, almost as impressive as down the road on Lone Pine Peak.
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