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Owens Valley April 20-26 ,2020                                                                                                                                                                              (All images are HD 1920x1080)
Upper Mazourka Road
The Inyos and distant Mount Inyo
The Sierra
While trying to find Mya some snow I gashed a tire sidewall at about 8500'. Hiked out a spur for a view of the Sierra and found some snow banks on a north facing slope.
Camps
Grader was in my usual campsite for a couple days before moving up the road.
Gave the campsite back to the locals and moved after grader left.	Second (normal) camp
Onion Valley Road
Onion Valley Road with shoulder of Independence Peak and the Inyos across the valley
Independence Peak approximately 11,600' in elevation	Independence Peak from Onion Valley parking lot at 9000'
Independence from Onion Valley Road. (My camp is just to the left of center of the picture)
Glacier Lodge
Randy's Ridge. The first ridge out of Glacier Lodge on the south fork of Big Pine Creek heading to Willow Lake.
Bridge over North Fork of Big Pine Creek above Glacier Lodge	White White Mountains with Owens Valley radio telescopes
Somebody building a new house along Big Pine Creek. (Far horizon, left of center is bow shaped Waucoba Mountain with Squaw Peak to its left. At 11,123' Waucoba is the highest peak in the Inyo Mountains)
I once  had the wife drop me off at Glacier Lodge with a bicycle. Fun road to go down. You have to save the brakes for the hairpin turn. At 60+ mph hitting pavement might hurt. We also used Glacier Lodge for a trailhead while climbing North Palisade, Mt Sill and Middle Palisade. Back packed out of there at least eight times. At about 7,800' it is about 1,200' lower than Onion Valley.
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