Trail Crest, 13,600 feet, cold
Dublin Core
Title
Trail Crest, 13,600 feet, cold
Subject
4 hikers at Trail Crest pass on Mt Whitney
Description
(left to right) Danny Ihara (DS64, TASP factotum), Jan Vleck DS69, Karen Davidson (faculty spouse), and Denis Clark DS69 at Trail Crest on the Mt Whitney Trail. Cold snow weather prevented going on to the summit, and instead we descended to Crabtree Meadows.
Creator
Mike Davidson
Source
Mike & Karen Davidson photo collection
Publisher
n/a
Date
August 1969
Contributor
Denis Clark
Rights
Deep Springs College
Relation
n/a
Format
TIFF
Language
n/a
Type
Still Image
Identifier
17DEC0468
Coverage
Southern High Sierras
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
color print
Physical Dimensions
3 x 5 in
Notes
In this era, there were usually two Sierra trips each summer, a weekend trip and an end-of-summer week-long trip. This year for the long trip, small groups hiked in the area around Mt. Whitney. The previous winter was very heavy and there was much more snow even in August.
Archive
Mike & Karen Davidson photo collection
Collection
Citation
Mike Davidson, “Trail Crest, 13,600 feet, cold,” Deep Springs Archive, accessed November 4, 2025, https://archive.deepsprings.edu/items/show/871.