On August 8-20, 1959 I backpacked 76 miles in the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses on the John Muir Trail starting at Silver Lake on the June Lake Loop and ending at Pine Creek.
I drove from San Diego to the June Lake loop and parked at the pack station near Silver Lake. Then backpacked up the steep trail - across the tramway used for the power company dams to camp at Clark Lakes near Agnew Pass. Beautiful sunset.
![Silver Lake - June Lake Loop - 20 Aug 1959 Silver Lake - June Lake Loop - 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0015_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0861sw450hq.jpg)
Silver Lake - June Lake Loop - 20 Aug 1959
![Looking back at Silver Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Looking back at Silver Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0014_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0733sw450hq.jpg)
Looking back at Silver Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Looking up at Edison tramway - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Looking up at Edison tramway - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0013_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0734sw450hq.jpg)
Looking up at Edison tramway - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Edison tramway to Agnew Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Edison tramway to Agnew Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0012_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0735sw450hq.jpg)
Edison tramway to Agnew Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Agnew Lake and Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Agnew Lake and Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0011_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0736sw450hq.jpg)
Agnew Lake and Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Agnew Lake and Gem Lake Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Agnew Lake and Gem Lake Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0010_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0737sw450hq.jpg)
Agnew Lake and Gem Lake Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Looking back on Agnew Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Looking back on Agnew Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0009_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0738sw450hq.jpg)
Looking back on Agnew Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Gem Lake Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Gem Lake Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0008_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0739sw450hq.jpg)
Gem Lake Dam - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![Sunset at Clark Lakes - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 Sunset at Clark Lakes - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 07 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0007_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0740sw450hq.jpg)
Sunset at Clark Lakes - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
![A Clark Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959 A Clark Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0006_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0741sw450hq.jpg)
A Clark Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 08 Aug 1959
On the next day, I continued to Thousand Island Lake with continuously changing views of Banner Peak & Mt. Ritter. Now on the John Muir Trail past Badger Lake, Garnet Lake, views of the Minarets. Camped at Shadow Lake.
![Banner Peak, Banner/Davis Pass, Mt. Davis from Agnew Summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Banner Peak, Banner/Davis Pass, Mt. Davis from Agnew Summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0005_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0742sw450hq.jpg)
Banner Peak, Banner/Davis Pass, Mt. Davis from Agnew Summit
Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![Looking down on Badger Lake from near summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Looking down on Badger Lake from near summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0004_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0743sw450hq.jpg)
Looking down on Badger Lake from near summit
Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![Looking south from near Agnew Summit toward Middle Fork San Joaquin - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Looking south from near Agnew Summit toward Middle Fork San Joaquin - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0003_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0744sw450hq.jpg)
Looking south from near Agnew Summit toward Middle Fork San Joaquin
Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![Looking back over a lake southeast toward Middle Fork San Joaquin - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Looking back over a lake southeast toward Middle Fork San Joaquin - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0002_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0745sw450hq.jpg)
Looking back over a lake southeast toward Middle Fork San Joaquin
Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![Banner Peak and Banner/Davis Pass from the trail - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Banner Peak and Banner/Davis Pass from the trail - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snc05_0001_19590800silver_lake_1000island-0746sw450hq.jpg)
Banner Peak and Banner/Davis Pass from the trail
Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![Banner Peak, Banner/Davis Pass, Mt. Davis, 1000 Island Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Banner Peak, Banner/Davis Pass, Mt. Davis, 1000 Island Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0002_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0748sw450hq.jpg)
Banner Peak, Banner/Davis Pass, Mt. Davis, 1000 Island Lake
Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![Mount Lyell, 1000 Island Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 Mount Lyell, 1000 Island Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0003_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0749sw450hq.jpg)
Mount Lyell, 1000 Island Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
![View over Garnet/Shadow Summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959 View over Garnet/Shadow Summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0011_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0756sw450hq.jpg)
View over Garnet/Shadow Summit - Ansel Adams Wilderness - 09 Aug 1959
Next day I proceeded past Rosalie Lake, Gladys Lake, Trinity Lake to the Devil's Postpile and Red's Meadow for camp.
![Rosalie Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959 Rosalie Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0020_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0759sw450hq.jpg)
Rosalie Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959
![Rosalie Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959 Rosalie Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0021_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0760sw450hq.jpg)
Rosalie Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959
![Gladys Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959 Gladys Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0022_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0761sw450hq.jpg)
Gladys Lake - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959
![One of Trinity Lakes - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959 One of Trinity Lakes - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0023_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0762sw450hq.jpg)
One of Trinity Lakes - Ansel Adams Wilderness - Aug 1959
![Soda Spring near Devils Postpile National Monument - Aug 1959 Soda Spring near Devils Postpile National Monument - Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0024_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0763sw450hq.jpg)
Soda Spring near Devils Postpile National Monument - Aug 1959
![Soda Spring near Devils Postpile National Monument - Aug 1959 Soda Spring near Devils Postpile National Monument - Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snd05_0025_19590800_1000_island_devils_postpile-0764sw450hq.jpg)
Soda Spring near Devils Postpile National Monument - Aug 1959
I then continued with views of Fish Creek Valley and the Silver Divide to camp at Purple Lake.
![Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0002reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0767flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak from near Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak from near Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0003reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0769flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak from near Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Mammoth Mountain from near Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Mammoth Mountain from near Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0004reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0770flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Mammoth Mountain from near Red Cones - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Silver Divide, headwaters of Fish Creek Valley - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Silver Divide, headwaters of Fish Creek Valley - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0016reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0775flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Silver Divide, headwaters of Fish Creek Valley - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View south - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View south - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0020reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0778flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
View south - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Purple Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Purple Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0019reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0781flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Purple Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Purple Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Purple Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0021reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0782flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Purple Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
Next I moved on past beautiful Virginia Lake, down into Tully Hole and on to camp high on the Silver Pass trail near Squaw Lake (aka Helen Lake) with views of Banner and Ritter in the sunset.
![Lake Virginia and Silver Divide - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Lake Virginia and Silver Divide - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0030reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0784flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Lake Virginia and Silver Divide - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Lake Virginia - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Lake Virginia - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0031reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0785flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Lake Virginia - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Lake Virginia - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Lake Virginia - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0040reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0786flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Lake Virginia - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View from Virginia/Tully Divide - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View from Virginia/Tully Divide - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0042reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0787flcsw450hq.jpg)
View from Virginia/Tully Divide - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Red Slate Mountain - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Red Slate Mountain - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0045reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0789flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Red Slate Mountain - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking down on Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking down on Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0047reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0791flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Looking down on Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking down on Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking down on Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0046reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0790flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Looking down on Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna07_0049reds_meadow_tully_hole195908-0792flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Tully Hole - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking up Fish Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking up Fish Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0002silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0794flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Looking up Fish Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking down Fish Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking down Fish Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0001silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0793flcsw450hq.jpg)
Looking down Fish Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View along trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View along trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0005silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0795flcsw450hq.jpg)
View along trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Goodale Mountain from trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Goodale Mountain from trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0008silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0797flcsw450hq.jpg)
Goodale Mountain from trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Mountain from trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Mountain from trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0009silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0798flcsw450hq.jpg)
Mountain from trail up Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Sunset from Squaw Lake aka Helen Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Sunset from Squaw Lake aka Helen Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0012silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0800sw450hq.jpg)
Sunset from Squaw Lake aka Helen Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Squaw Lake aka Helen Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Squaw Lake aka Helen Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0013silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0803flcsw450hq.jpg)
Squaw Lake aka Helen Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
The next day I moved on over Silver Pass into Mono Creek and camp at Quail Meadow with a view of the Vermillion Cliffs.
![Goodale Pass Trail junction - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Goodale Pass Trail junction - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0014silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0804flcsw450hq.jpg)
Goodale Pass Trail junction - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Warrior Lake aka Bob's Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Warrior Lake aka Bob's Lake Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0015silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0805flcsw450hq.jpg)
Warrior Lake aka Bob's Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Un-named mountain west of Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Un-named mountain west of Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0017silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0808flcsw450hq.jpg)
Un-named mountain west of Silver Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Silver Pass Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Silver Pass Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0045silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0812flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Silver Pass Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Volcanic Knob - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Volcanic Knob - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0052silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk195908-0815flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Volcanic Knob - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Vermillion Cliffs - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Vermillion Cliffs - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna09_0059silver_pass_fish_crk_mono_crk1959080818flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Vermillion Cliffs - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
The next day was a steep climb over Bear Ridge into Bear Creek and camp on the Hilgard Branch at Hilgard Meadow.
![Seven Gables, John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Seven Gables, John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna12_0001bear_crk_ridge_Selden_pass195908-0823flcsw450hq.jpg)
Seven Gables, John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Bear Creek at Kip Camp - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Bear Creek at Kip Camp - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna12_0003bear_crk_ridge_Selden_pass195908-0826flcsw450hq.jpg)
Bear Creek at Kip Camp - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Bear Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Bear Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna12_0004bear_crk_ridge_Selden_pass195908-0827flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Bear Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Bear Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Bear Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna12_0005bear_crk_ridge_Selden_pass195908-0828flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Bear Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Hilgard Meadow camp, Mt. Hilgard - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Hilgard Meadow camp, Mt. Hilgard - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0001Apine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0829bssw450hq.jpg)
Hilgard Meadow camp, Mt. Hilgard - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0002pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0830ssw450hq.jpg)
View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
I continued up the Hilgard Branch past Lake Italy and over Italy (aka Hilgard) Pass into the Granite Basin and camp at Honeymoon Lake.
![View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0003pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0831ssw450hq.jpg)
View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0004pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0832ssw450hq.jpg)
View up Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking back down Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking back down Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0005pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0833ssw450hq.jpg)
Looking back down Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking back down Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking back down Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0006pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0834ssw450hq.jpg)
Looking back down Hilgard Branch - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View forward just below Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View forward just below Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0007pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0835ssw450hq.jpg)
View forward just below Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Just below Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Just below Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0008pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0836ssw450hq.jpg)
Just below Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0009pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0837ssw450hq.jpg)
Lake Italy - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Lake Italy from west side of Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Lake Italy from west side of Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0010pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0838ssw450hq.jpg)
Lake Italy from west side of Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Lake Italy from west side of Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Lake Italy from west side of Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0011pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0840ssw450hq.jpg)
Lake Italy from west side of Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Jumble Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Jumble Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0012pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0841ssw450hq.jpg)
Jumble Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking back over Jumble Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking back over Jumble Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0013pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0842ssw450hq.jpg)
Looking back over Jumble Lake - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Hikers on Italy Pass trail - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Hikers on Italy Pass trail - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0014pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0843spfw450hq.jpg)
Hikers on Italy Pass trail - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Seven Gables from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Seven Gables from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0015pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0844spfw450hq.jpg)
Seven Gables from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Hilgard Branch and Mt. Hilgard from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Hilgard Branch and Mt. Hilgard from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0016pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0845spfw450hq.jpg)
Hilgard Branch and Mt. Hilgard from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking east from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking east from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0017pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0846spfw450hq.jpg)
Looking east from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View across Granite Park toward Pine Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View across Granite Park toward Pine Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0018pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0851spfw450hq.jpg)
View across Granite Park toward Pine Creek - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking southeast from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking southeast from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0019pine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0849spfw450hq.jpg)
Looking southeast from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Looking along ridge from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Looking along ridge from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0020Apine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0848spfw450hq.jpg)
Looking along ridge from Italy Pass - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Mountains around Granite Park - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 Mountains around Granite Park - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0021Apine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0850spfw450hq.jpg)
Mountains around Granite Park - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![View from Granite Park - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959 View from Granite Park - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/sna15_0022Apine_creek_lake_italy_195908-0852sw450hq.jpg)
View from Granite Park - John Muir Wilderness Aug 1959
![Twin Lakes above Mammoth Lakes 20 Aug 1959 Twin Lakes above Mammoth Lakes 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snb06_0009duck_lake_mammoth_area195908-0868flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Twin Lakes above Mammoth Lakes 20 Aug 1959
August 20, 1959 was the final hiking day down Pine Creek to the Tungsten Mill where I caught a ride with a mine worker down to the highway where I caught another ride with a Bishop Motel operator who took me to Crowley Junction where I waited three hours before catching a final ride who took me all the way to my car at Silver Lake.
Drove around looking at Mono Lake and the Mammoth Lakes and Mine area before heading back to San Diego.
![Waterfall and Upper Twin Lake above Mammoth Lakes 20 Aug 1959 Waterfall and Upper Twin Lake above Mammoth Lakes 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snb06_0011duck_lake_mammoth_area195908-0869flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Waterfall and Upper Twin Lake above Mammoth Lakes 20 Aug 1959
![Mammoth Mountain from Mammoth Mine - 20 Aug 1959 Mammoth Mountain from Mammoth Mine - 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snb06_0013duck_lake_mammoth_area195908-0872flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Mammoth Mountain from Mammoth Mine - 20 Aug 1959
![Cabin at Mammoth Mine and Mammoth Rock (upper right) - 20 Aug 1959 Cabin at Mammoth Mine and Mammoth Rock (upper right) - 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snb06_0014duck_lake_mammoth_area195908-0873flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Cabin at Mammoth Mine and Mammoth Rock (upper right) - 20 Aug 1959
![Mammoth Mill fly wheel at site of Mill City - 20 Aug 1959 Mammoth Mill fly wheel at site of Mill City - 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snb06_0015duck_lake_mammoth_area195908-0875flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Mammoth Mill fly wheel at site of Mill City - 20 Aug 1959
![Mammoth Mill fly wheel at site of Mill City - 20 Aug 1959 Mammoth Mill fly wheel at site of Mill City - 20 Aug 1959](sn00t0016thousand_island_lake_bear_creek1959/snb06_0016duck_lake_mammoth_area195908-0876flcbcsw450hq.jpg)
Mammoth Mill fly wheel at site of Mill City - 20 Aug 1959