Alta Peak dayhike

Alta Peak dayhike

Morgan Brown

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The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails

By R.J. Secor. The High Sierra hiking/climbing guidebook. Amazingly exhaustive. An indispensible trip planning aid.

On October 29, 2001, the day before the season's first snowfall, and the day after daylight savings time went away, we dayhiked Alta Peak from Wolverton. It's a nice, strenuous, but straightforward dayhike, with 4200 feet of elevation gain over about 14 miles. The views from the top are stupendous on a clear day, extending over innumerable peaks to the east, and some great canyon views on the west. Trip Report is here

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ap00-tripmap.jpg (488 KB) Tripmap showing route from Wol...	ap01-panther-gap1.jpg (36 KB) Looking west, down the Kaweah ...	ap02-panther-panorama.jpg (78 KB) Great Western Divide from Pant...
ap03-weathered-granite.jpg (107 KB) Weathered granite outcrops a f...	ap04-high-alpine-forest.jpg (106 KB) Lots of huge fir trees high on...	ap05-fat-red-fir.jpg (82 KB) Quintessential fat red fir tre...
ap06-morgan-summit.jpg (50 KB) Morgan on the summit of Alta P...	ap07-kim-summit.jpg (54 KB) Kim on the summit of Alta Peak...	ap08-east-panorama.jpg (370 KB) Panoramic view from the summit...
ap08a-west-panorama.jpg (116 KB) Panorama to the west from Alta...	ap09-pear-emerald-panorama.jpg (128 KB) View down to Emerald (left) an...	ap10-fire-sunset.jpg (76 KB) As the sun set through the smo...
ap11-from-little-baldy.jpg (40 KB) Alta Peak from Little Baldy.

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