Baker and Johnson Lakes in Great Basin National Park, NV


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It was rainy when we started out, this is me on the initial climb out of the trailhead.
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Cool shot of what seems like an eddy cloud.
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A small meadow in the mountains, near about 9000 feet.
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Vanessa in a grove of young aspen trees.
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Me and the valley we just climbed through.
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Baker lake in the evening.
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The beautifully blue sky above Baker lake.
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Baker lake in the morning.
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Looking down the valley we hiked up the previous day, between Baker lake and the pass.
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Vanessa negotiates a rocky section of trail on her way up to the pass.
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Windy and desolate at 11,000 feet near Baker pass.
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Vanessa gets close to the top!
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From the top of the pass we could see west for probably nearly 100 miles into Nevada, and down 800 feet to Johnson Lake.
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Vanessa took this shot of me just before we headed over the divide back onto the Eastern part of the park.