Better Photos from atop Sherman Pass

Scotts Valley, CA, Library

    On my only previous trip to the Vista Area atop Sherman Pass I was unable to get a good photo of Mt Whitney, which is 40 miles to the NNE, because of white clouds behind that peak; from a distance the granite near its top also looks white. [See 1st Link below.]
    These new photos were taken on 6 October 2016, with blue skies and no clouds.

 

.     Here's a first shot of both Mt Whitney (14,505') and Mt Langley (14,026'), barely visible on the far horizon in a gap between the nearby trees.

 

 

 

    Zooming in both Whitney & Langley look roughly the same height. And, since more detail is visible on the ridge to their right, I suspect that the ridge behind the dead branches at the top of the nearby tree is closer.

 

 

 

 

 

    Turning my camera sideways and trying another zoom produced a better view of the two peaks -- though they again both appear to be approximately the same height.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Panning to the right yields a photo of Monache Mtn (c9420'); I must have cut off Olancha Pk, which at 12,123 ft. is considerably higher. [Perhaps I was distracted by the top of the snag on the left, which looks like an owl or a pelican whose feathers have been stained by black smoke.]

 

 

 

 

 

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Links:

• Sherman Pass the first time.
• Trans-Sierra Passes
• Updated State High Points

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Routes:

• T 25 Oct Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
• W 26 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - Aptos Lib - Gilroy W/M - San Jose - DWLs
• Th 27 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
• F 28 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
• Sa 29 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - $ Tree - DWLs
• Su 30 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
• M 31 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - $ Tree - DWLs
• T 1 Nov Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - $ Tree - DWLs
• W 2 Nov Actual Route: DWLs - WHLs - SV Lib - $ Tree - DWLs
• Th 3 Nov Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
• F 4 Nov Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
• Sa 5 Nov Route: DWLs - $ Tree - SV Lib - DWLs

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Finding Campgrounds:

• RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
• Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
• Free campsites website
• Info on finding BLM Campgrounds

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.