hamilton summit > mines rd (2 | 3)

morning in grant park


stash oak


greys




rode up and out onto the upper flank of mt hamilton




occupy mt hamilton






watercolor on the peak


it was around freezing up there


dropping onto mines rd to the east




definitely fall

hamilton mines s72o (1 | 3)

barted out to fremont friday afternoon and headed south


climbing up hamilton


got lost on dirt and set up camp


alex firetested his marathon duremes


...


several times.

Kings Canyon > Visalia via Generals Hwy (17 | 19)

Another long day with an amazing descent out of the mountains.








quintessential sequoia country, including sherman.

kings canyon ascent (16 | 19)

Started at 750ft. Ended at 8500. 6000ft on dirt. 3000 on pavement.








sweating it out. we descended the furthest ridge in the background the day before.


back to the sequoia

shaver lake to kings river (15 | 19)

this was a magic day


scale


scale


ready for the country





after this giant sequoia encounter, we pointed our bikes onto dirt roads and trails that would take us from 7500 feet to 750, in the midst of kings canyon. about as epic as it comes (it's also easier to take photos on days that aren't 10000+ft of climbing across 100 miles of 90 degree weather).


klunkin toward the canyon


klunkin down gravel


look close: kings river in the bottom right and snowy peaks up above


the sorts of features to behold in this empty wilderness


it's hard not to sound like a surfer when talking about this


sunset


scale|alex is the black speck in the switchback


west


it was fairly sweet for some while


dropping it


the valley was also dropping it




halfway down:more scale


fin