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The images show the Sierra at the end of winter from 2020 through 2023. End of winter snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada mountain range from 2020 through 2023. (NASA)
Cedric Wright in 1943. George Cedric Wright (April 13, 1889 – 1959) was an American violinist and a wilderness photographer of the High Sierra.He was Ansel Adams's mentor and best friend for decades, and accompanied Adams when three of his most famous photographs were taken.
The Sierra Nevada (/ s i ˌ ɛr ə n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə,-ˈ v ɑː d-/ see-ERR-ə nih-VA(H)D-ə) [6] [a] is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.
Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet (4,008 m).It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests.
The ultra-prominent 14,351-foot (4,374 m) peak is the highest summit of the Sierra Blanca Massif, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The fourteener is located 9.6 miles (15.5 km) north by east ( bearing 9°) of the Town of Blanca , on the drainage divide separating Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from ...
Sierra Club secretary William Colby initiated the High Trips, which usually traveled to the High Sierra, and led them from 1901 to 1929. Colby wrote, "It was from John Muir, President of the Club, that I received the warmest encouragement. He was highly enthusiastic, and told me that he had long been trying to get the Club to undertake just ...
It was used by the Sierra Club as a visual aid for the environmental movement, and was a part of the portfolio Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. The ashes of Ansel Adams were later scattered on Half Dome after he died. [46] Half Dome was used as the logo for a software company, Sierra On-Line.
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of the U.S. Pacific coast.