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My wife, Kathy, and I joined a group from the Sierra Club, on a mule pack. We hiked, with just day packs, to Big McGee Lake, in the High Sierra, south of Mammoth Mountain and east of Crowley Lake. After eight miles and more than 2,000 feet of elevation gain, we reached our beautiful campsite.


The mule packers, from the McGee Creek Pack Station, had arrived ahead of us. It didn't take long to break out several containers of ice cream, which had stayed cold sitting on dry ice.


Beautiful day hikes, optional climbs up two mountains and two passes, spending plenty of down-time in camp to read, talk or meditate, and some terrific shared meals were all on the itinerary.


I made ten new friends on my first mule pack - this was Kathy's sixth - and I want to do it again next year, especially if there will be ice cream.


Bob and Ron below the steeper section of the climb.

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Looking from the steep ridge to the north east.

The lakes:

- Constance, the large ake at the bottom

- Lake Wit-So-Nah-Pah, the small lake above Constance

- Big Horn Lake, above Wit-So-Nah-Pah (appears to part of the large lake, above)

- Lake Dorothy, the large, upper lake

- Mildred Lake, the little lake to the right of Dorothy

- Bright Dot (upper right of photo)

The large, red mountain on the upper right, above Bright Dot Lake, is Mount Morrison, while I believe the large white and red peak above Lake Dorothy is Bloody Mountain.
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Pointing out landmarks.

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Looking down on a glacial cirque.

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Pushing through the steep terrain.

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Ron finds the climb leveling out.

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Approaching the summit.

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A pano looking southeast, our group in the center.

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Sandy and Peter enjoy their summit photo.

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Jim on top of Red Slate Mountain.

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John signs the summit register.

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Yours truly. What a great climb.

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Informal summit photograph.

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Official summit group portrait.

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Stella, with Debbie photographing the great chasm.

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