Seven Gables

Florence Lake	Glacier Divide	Sallie Keyes Lakes
Sallie Keyes Lakes	Sallie Keyes Lakes	Sallie Keyes Lakes
Heart Lake	Heart Lake	Heart Lake
Heart Lake	Heart Lake	Marie Lake from Selden Pass
Marie Lake	Marie Lake	Mt Senger
Bear Creek East Fork	Bear Creek East Fork	Crags
Bear Creek East Fork	Bear Creek East Fork	Bear Creek East Fork
Bear Creek East Fork	Bear Creek East Fork	Bear Creek East Fork
Bear Creek East Fork	Seven Gables Lakes	Gemini
Seven Gables	Seven Gables	Vee Lake
Vee Lake	Seven Gables Lakes	Seven Gables Lakes
Seven Gables Lakes	Seven Gables Lakes	Seven Gables Lakes
Seven Gables Lakes	Seven Gables Lakes	Gemini
Seven Gables Lakes	Seven Gables Lakes	Seven Gables Lakes
Seven Gables from Ruskie Pass	Merriam Peak from Ruskie Pass	Pilot Knob and the Glacier Divide
Above Merriam Lake	Royce Peak & Merriam Peak	Above Merriam Lake
Above Merriam Lake	Above Merriam Lake	Above Merriam Lake
Above Merriam Lake	Above Merriam Lake	Merriam Lake
Merriam Lake	Merriam Lake	Merriam Lake
Below Merriam Lake	Below Merriam Lake	Below Merriam Lake
Mount Humphreys	Pilot Knob	Below Merriam Lake
Below Merriam Lake	Pilot Knob	Piute Canyon

I took these pictures on a 6-night backpacking trip with Ed and Alyson in the John Muir Wilderness in September 2005. We started at the Florence Lake Trailhead (7400ft) on the Western side of the Sierras, crossed Selden Pass (10800ft) and Ruskie Pass (12050ft), and looped back to Florence Lake via French Canyon and Piute Canyon. The total distance was about 40 miles, with an elevation gain and loss of about 7000ft. Here is a map with our route indicated. Note that part of the hike (from below Seven Gables Lakes to French Canyon) is cross-country. And it's steep - see the elevation profile. Also note that Ruskie Pass unexpectedly had a short class 3 stretch at the top on the Eastern side, and also (at least this year) a long steep snowfield that was easy enough to go down but which might be problematic coming up: definitely not an "easy class 2 gully" as described in (at least our edition of) "The High Sierra - Peaks, Passes, and Trails" You can see where this area is on a larger map. I also made a map with clickable arrows for the High Sierra portion of the hike, with the arrows pointing in the direction of each photo. The tip of the arrow indicates where I was standing when I took the photo. You may also want to check out the zoomable Topozone map, or a Google Maps satellite view centered on Marie Lake, or a Google Maps zoomed out map view for context. Back to Susanne's Photo Page © 2005 Susanne Z. Riehemann