Showing posts with label Mt Whitney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mt Whitney. Show all posts

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Better Photos from atop Sherman Pass

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.]

 

 

 

 

 

Links:
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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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Some State High Points

Some State High Points

Moab Library, UT Updated on 25 May 2014

    Many of you may be wondering why I haven't been posting any new photos. The reason is that my new laptop/notebook runs Windows 8.1, and my camera manufacturer, Olympus, has not updated their Master software to work with Microsoft's latest Operating System. [A cynic might conclude that Olympus wants those of us using their older cameras to shell out for newer cameras. Per the advice of a UCSC computer science grad I ordered a USB card reader which may allow me to move photos from my camera to my laptop -- and thence to this blog.]

    Another software firm, Google, whose Picasa program allowed me to upload photos from my Olympus camera to my laptop, also has not updated that program to work with Win8.

    One of my goals during my travels has been to take photos of the highest peaks in each state I visit; what follows are the High Points in most of the western states as well as Texas and the Rocky Mtn states north to the Canadian border. (I debated whether to list the High Points in alphabetical order or some sort of geographic sequence; the latter won out!)

 

 

    A view of Washington's Mt. Rainier (14,414') taken on 12 Jun 2012.
    Natl Park Service website.

 

    The highest peak in Oregon is Mt. Hood at 11,249'; I have no photo of it yet; see the 1st link below.

 

    California's Mt Whitney (14,494') as seen from Inyo County's Portagee Joe Campground. For more info see the 2d entry in the Links below; it has an excellent photo on a National Park Service page called "Climbing Mt. Whtiney."

 

 

 

    Nevada's Boundary Peak (13,147') as seen from US Hwy 6 not too far from Montgomery Pass.


    More info.

 

 

 

 

 

    Arizona's Humphrey's Peak (12,637') in the San Francisco Mtns just north of Flagstaff.
    See the 3d link below for more info.

 

 

 

 

    New Mexico's Wheeler Peak (13,159') to the north-east of Taos.

    More info.

 

 

 

    I drove around the Ashley Natl Forest hoping for a clear view of Utah's Kings Peak (13,534'), but there was never a clear shot until I was back on the nearest highway. See the 4th link below for a good photo.

 

 

    See 5th link below for a photo of Idaho's Borah Peak (12,662 or 12,668')

 

 

    See the 6th link below for a photo of Colorado's Mt Elbert (14,440')

 

 

 

    And Wyoming's Gannett Peak (13,809') is the 7th link below.

 

 

    Montana's Granite Peak (12,807') as seen from the Beartooth Highway.

    More info.

 

 

 

 

 

    Guadalupe Mtn (8,751'), TX, in Guadalupe Mtns Natl Park.

 

More info

 

 

 

 

    While reading my 2008 World Almanac I noted Mt Harney, the highest point in South Dakota and realized I had a photo of it taken after I visited Mt. Rushmore. See Link #8 below for more info.

 

 

    

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Links:
  1. Wikipedia article on Mt. Hood, OR
  2. Climbing Mt. Whitney
  3. Wikipedia article on Arizona's Humphrey's Peak
  4. Wikipedia article Utah's Kings Peak
  5. Wikipedia article on Idaho's Borah Peak
  6. Wikipedia article on Colorado's Mt Elbert
  7. Wikipedia article on Wyoming's Gannett Peak
  8. Wikipedia article on South Dakota's Harney Peak
  9. Wikipedia list of states by elevation
Routes:

Th 10 Apr Actual Route: Riverton W/M - Riverton P.O. - Payson - Nephi Lib - Ephraim W/M

F 11 Apr Actual Route: Ephraim W/M - McDs - Salina - Richfield Dollar Tree - Circleville - Panguitch Lib - UT143 bd

Sa 12 Apr Actual Route: UT143 bd - Panguitch Lib - Cedar Breaks Natl Mon - Kanab, UT - Vermilion Cliffs NM, AZ

Su 13 Apr Actual Route: Vermilion Cliffs NM - Marble Cyn - Grand Canyon NP - Flagstaff, AZ - Winslow bd

M 14 Apr Actual Route: Winslow bd - Holbrook Lib - Sanders, AZ - Gallup, NM, Walmart

T 15 Apr Actual Route: Gallup Walmart - Albuquerque - San Mateo Blvd & Zuni Rd W/M

W 16 Apr Actual Route: San Mateo & Zuni W/M - Erna Fergusson Br Lib - VA Hosp - San Mateo/Zuni W/M

Th 17 Apr Actual Route: San Mateo/Zuni W/M - VA Hosp - Erna Fergusson Br Lib - San Mateo/Zuni W/M

F 18 Apr Actual Route: San Mateo/Zuni W/M - San Pedro Br Lib - Dollar Tree - Tony Hillerman Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

Sa 19 Apr Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - Hillerman Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

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