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Living Things
Descriptions, experiences, pictures and videos of Living Things in the Sierras.
Beetle, Royal Blue, Dicks Pass, Desolation Wilderness
September 18 2009
Desolation Wilderness on the South side of Dicks Pass at about 8600 feet.
Trail Guide Page: South Side of Dicks Pass
Juniper, Highland Creek
The largest junipers I've ever encountered.
Juniperus grandis
Trail Guide Information
Deer in the High Sierra
Mostly there's lots of Deer in the High Sierra. The Fall of 2011 seemed like the deer were missing. The Summer of 2011 was very short. Maybe that had something to do with it.
This is a temp page...
Anyway,
Red Fir, Cone
Red Fir cone observed shortly after hiking South into Jenkins Canyon out of Highland Canyon along the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail in the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.
Trail Guide
Flower, Yellow, Round Top Lake, Sierra Nevada
Near Round Top Lake
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Carson Pass Management Unit, El Dorado National Forest.
9360 Feet.
June 8, 2009
The flowers were just beginning to burst out of their pods.
This flower was very early. The majority of the terrain was still covered with Spring snows. Here's a picture of the snowcover from that June 2009 trip:
Fungus, Snowplant, Life Cycle, Images, Tahoe Basin, E Carson River
Snowplant lifecycle
The five images of Snow Plants growing out of dry soils are from Dumonts Meadow to Falls Meadow along the East Fork of the Carson River. It's dry up in there.
The one completely vibrant Snow Plant is growing in the saturated soils of the South Upper Truckee River during the height of the Spring Thaw just below the snow line.
Below: Snowplants bursting through ground.
Fungus, Carson Iceberg Wilderness, Tahoe to Yosemite Trail
Fungus in the High Sierra Nevada Mountains north of Spicer Meadow Reservoir in the Carson Iceberg Wilderness. Tahoe to Yosemite Trail.
Between the North Fork of the Stanislaus River South to Spicer Meadow Reservoir we are hiking through an old burned area. This fungus is complimented by a lot of after-burn shrubbery and forests of snags falling across the trail route.
Blue Butterflies, Carson Gap, High Sierra, Lake Tahoe Basin
Blue Butterflies, Carson Gap, High Sierra. Meiss Country Roadless Area.
Date: July 16, 2009
Elevation: 8800 feet
Pussypaws, Flowers, Pink, High Sierra
Pussypaw, flower, High Sierra, hiking Emigrant Wilderness, backpacking Stanislaus National Forest. North side of Bond Pass.
Date: July 27, 2010
Elevation: 8800 feet
Trail Guide: Not Constructed
Butterfly, Burnt Orange, and Buckwheat, High Sierra, Emigrant Wilderness
Butterfly, Burnt Orange, and Buckwheat, High Sierra, Emigrant Wilderness, Stanislaus National Forest. Sighted approaching Bond Pass to enter Yosemite from the High Emigrant Basin.
Date: July 27, 2009.
Elevation; 8400 feet.
Trail Guide: Not Completed...yet
