Batch #10h
June 23 to June 25: From Whitney to Kings Canyon in Snow-tastic Conditions!
Determining  our plan to find Forester Pass in snow fields with no trail.

There should be a pass out there to cross somewhere!
Yes, mom, my claws are sharp and clean for climbing!
Intruder leading us up to Forester Pass.
Bloody Knuckles, Pepper Jack, & Batteries carefully cross
Ice Chute while traversing Forester Pass.
Frozen lake below as we descemd from Forester Pass.
Will that snow field EVER end? 
Freight Train preparing a gastronomical delight.
Since there is NO trail....let's go straight UP the mountain!
Batteries' group and Pandas' group unite on a rock outcrop

Freight Train watches Jack Hammer & Gloves ford stream.
I love this job!
Yes, we've got to go up to the summit of that ice chute!
What goes up....must go down.  Gulp....it's STEEP!!!!
Sun Cupped snow is so much fun to traverse!!!  NOT!!!!!
This sure isn't the Appalachian Trail!!!
Nice to be on bare trail below tree line for a change
Intruder uses trekking pole to balance as he fords another stream.