On July 18, 1987 myself and Don Stansifer took a day hike off the Mono Pass Trail to Mills Lake and then over the ridge to Little Lakes Valley.
![Little Lakes Valley, Bear Creek Spire - 1987 Little Lakes Valley, Bear Creek Spire - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0001mono_pass_pioneer_basinflcsw450hq.jpg)
Little Lakes Valley, Bear Creek Spire - 1987
![Bear Creek Spire from Mono Pass Trail over 'Dons Pond' - 1987 Bear Creek Spire from Mono Pass Trail over 'Dons Pond' - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0002mono_pass_pioneer_basinflccsw450hq.jpg)
Bear Creek Spire from Mono Pass Trail over 'Dons Pond' - 1987
![Don Stansifer admiring Bear Creek Spire over 'Dons Pond' on Mono Pass Trail - 1987 Don Stansifer admiring Bear Creek Spire over 'Dons Pond' on Mono Pass Trail - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0003mono_pass_pioneer_basincflcsw450hq.jpg)
Don Stansifer admiring Bear Creek Spire over 'Dons Pond' on Mono Pass Trail - 1987
![Bear Creek Spire from Mono Pass Trail over 'Dons Pond' - 1987 Bear Creek Spire from Mono Pass Trail over 'Dons Pond' - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0004mono_pass_pioneer_basinflccsw450hq.jpg)
Bear Creek Spire from Mono Pass Trail over 'Dons Pond' - 1987
![View from Mono Pass Trail below Ruby Lake - Don Stansifer - 1987 View from Mono Pass Trail below Ruby Lake - Don Stansifer - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0005mono_pass_pioneer_basincflcsw450hq.jpg)
View from Mono Pass Trail below Ruby Lake - Don Stansifer - 1987
![Mt. Starr over Ruby Lake below Mills Lakes - Don Stansifer - 1987 Mt. Starr over Ruby Lake below Mills Lakes - Don Stansifer - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0007mono_pass_pioneer_basinflcsw450hq.jpg)
Mt. Starr over Ruby Lake below Mills Lakes - Don Stansifer - 1987
![Don Stansifer admiring Ruby Lake from below Mills Lakes - 1987 Don Stansifer admiring Ruby Lake from below Mills Lakes - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0006mono_pass_pioneer_basinflcsw450hq.jpg)
Don Stansifer admiring Ruby Lake from below Mills Lakes - 1987
![Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills below Mills Lakes - 1987 Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills below Mills Lakes - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0008mono_pass_pioneer_basincsw450hq.jpg)
Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills below Mills Lakes - 1987
![Don Stansifer admiring Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills below Mills Lakes - 1987 Don Stansifer admiring Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills below Mills Lakes - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0009mono_pass_pioneer_basincsw450hq.jpg)
Don Stansifer admiring Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills below Mills Lakes - 1987
![Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills behind Mills Lake - 1987 Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills behind Mills Lake - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0010mono_pass_pioneer_basinsw450hq.jpg)
Mt. Abbot and Mt. Mills behind Mills Lake - 1987
![Don Stansifer admiring upper Little Lakes Valley from ridge between Mills Lake and Little Lakes Valley - 1987 Don Stansifer admiring upper Little Lakes Valley from ridge between Mills Lake and Little Lakes Valley - 1987](snc10_mono_pass_pioneer_basin/snc10_0011mono_pass_pioneer_basincflcsw450hq.jpg)
Don Stansifer admiring upper Little Lakes Valley from ridge
between Mills Lake and Little Lakes Valley - 1987