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Tuolumne Meadows, up the Lyell Canyon, to Donohue Pass, the SE border of Yosemite. Mount Lyell is the highest peak in Yosemite and the pass is to the North a mile or two. 8500 feet at TM and 11,000 at the pass.
Looking up Lyell Canyon:
Getting closer:
Mt. Lyell and McClure (background center and right):
A couple of marmots:
Yosemite Park boundary at Donohue Pass:
Looking down Lyell Canyon:
High Sierra tarn - the headwaters of the Lyell fork of the Tuolumne River coming from the Lyell Glacier: