Lake Vernon Loop (26.0mi.), Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, Yosemite (NP)

May 8, 2004

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The tunnel
elev. 4086'
8:15 AM		 Monkey flower Pale Swallowtail Hetch Hetchy 
Reservoir		 Switchback trail
up to Beehive		 Buprestid beetle
eating flower		 Some water 
crossings were
necessary
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New leaves Trail What a day
what a hike		 Shallow pond
still present		 Beehive 6500' Pussy Paw Thick with
string algae
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Water from
Lake Vernon		 Water for the
 Tuolumne River		 Next  to climb
 Mt. Gibson
elev. 8240'		 Lake Vernon
elev. 6560'		 Climbing Mt 
Gibson		 Tiltill Valley
elev. 5600'
5:00 PM		 View of reservoir 
at 8:15 PM
 

 

Contact: Neil Jacklin

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