Bundled up on the Telescope Peak trail
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Happy to finally be hiking this trail
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Telescope comes into view
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Looking down at Badwater (lowest place in the US)
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Telescope and the narrow trail that follows the ridge toward the peak.
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the trail ridge is in the center
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Telescope Peak benchmark
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The windy and exposed trail.
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Bex heading down after a successful but cold summit
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The mountains in the far background are the Sierra (Mt Whitney) From telescope you can see the highest and lowest points in the 48 states from one place
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Bex heading down the flat and easy middle part of the trail.
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Bex coming down the narrow trail.
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The trees that survive in these conditions are gnarly
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Bennet and Rogers peak
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Looking back at Telescope Peak the trail was snow free and completely passable
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We stopped by the Kilns quickly on our way back down.
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Charcoal kilns in the afternoon light (Wildrose peak in the background)
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