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My husband and I hiked this trail back to a beaver pond that replaced a meadow several years ago.
My husband and I hiked this trail back to a beaver pond that replaced a meadow several years ago.
This is the McGee Creek trail that is quite extensive connecting to other trails in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Range in California USA.
After 3.5 miles up an uphill climb we finally reached the beaver pond.
I have seen beaver dams before but this one was HUGE!
We didn't see any beavers, though.
They had a great lodge!
It was about 3 p.m. and a storm was brewing over the peaks.
It got windy and colder as the afternoon faded.
It was downhill all the way out so we weren't concerned about it taking us too long to get back to the trail head.
43 comments:
Fantastic captures, Carolyn! Such glorious autumn colors and the stormy clouds just highlight them! Gorgeous place! Hope you have a great weekend! Enjoy! Happy SWF!
Sylvia
I like these landscapes especially the last photo.
Have a nice weekend Carolyn!!
Lovely capture Carolyn.... simply loved the place... too beautiful
Thanks for such a wonderful post...
Bhuvan
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the last photo is the best
congrats
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Wonderful captures!
Love the landscape.
Wow, wonderful photos!
What beautiful images, Carolyn! The yellow foliage is very eye catching. And I love the snowy mountains in the background. I enlarged all of these! That dam IS huge...and the lodge also.
thanks for taking Sky Watch on tour with you, the hiking trail is so tempting and that sure is one good sized beaver dam
Oh my goodness! Such lovely photos. Oh, how I wish I had your view.
This landscape is so pretty!
This week skies
Such beautiful images, great scenes~
Molto bella la 3° foto !
Buona serata.
Myria :)
Beautiful trail to hike and photograph. I've been looking for beavers since last spring. I've seen dozens of lodges and NO beavers! I'll keep looking. I will NOT give up. :)
Gray skies but the surrounding landscape makes up for it..awesome scenery and colors.
Great landscape! I love the colors! And what an awesome beaver dam!
That is a beautiful pond in a beautiful setting. I'm surprised to see that much snow already even in the Sierras. Love the colors.
Extraordinarily beautiful views!
Thanks for this wonderful cyber tour. Love it!
Joyce M
Marvellous! What lovely mountains and view!! I would like to pop in and start to walk that trail..! So beautiful with the green and red colors by the water.. :)
Thanks for sharing this great hike! Those beavers are quite the little workers -- that dam is huge!
Looks like it was a beautiful day for a hike !
Beautiful scenery and photos! The view of the snowcapped mountains in the background looks gorgeous.
Beautiful scenic shots, the last one will make a beautiful poster.
Great photos, Carolyn!I like the idea of the interconnectedness of the path ...
Beautiful photos. The skies are certainly starting to look a little threatening there - I know in our mountains storms can form incredibly quickly.
Beautiful, golden slopes and snow on the Sierra. It has been many years since I hiked this trail. It was in the fall with a friend now gone, thanks for the memories.
A rather stormy looking sky over a fantastic setting. The fall colors and beaver pond are superb.
Gorgeous, stunning landscapes and colours - really makes me miss the mountains and hiking in them. Love these shots ! I'd probably frame that 3rd one (not that I wouldn't the other 2).
Wow...this is beautiful landscape, and fabulous shots.
i love the golden slopes. what a picturesque place!
Gorgeous captures!
Beautiful views, very colorful.
Wow! Great mountains and shots!!:-)
When enlarged, those pictures are just gorgeous!! Makes me wish I was there!
it must have been a tiring but well worth it hike! i could do that everyday seeing the lovely landscape! :)
What wonderful scenery!
Beautiful photos. Nothing beats majestic mountains against the sky, although that beaver dam comes close. I've never seen one that big, either.
Kay, Alberta
carolyn the colors are fantastic!
snow on the mountains, autumn on the trees, What a beautiful sight.
These photos made me think of going hiking on some of the mountains in Aso area, where the tree leaves are changing their colors little by little. Great photos!
Wow what a great spot... The snow in the mountains reminds me we will soon have snow here in Ohio LOL
such beautiful autumn colors and always fun to check out a beavers work!
ohhh...those colors are pretty awesome! Beautiful shots, but you have to stop posting Sierra photos cause it makes me miss it too much! :)
Such beautiful autumn colors up there! Pretty amazing. It looks quite different down here!
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