We’ve become so enchanted by the unique beauty of the Alabama Hills that we seem to keep making plans to go back to explore the area more in depth. We were finally able to take a week-long camping trip in the Hills in late May. This time we were even able to talk a few friends into joining us!
Here are a couple photo galleries of our trip … enjoy!
We were met with a late Spring snow storm on our drive over the Central Sierra passes, which made for a unexpectedly beautiful start to our trip.
Lone Pine Peak, at 12,930 feet, towers above the rock formations of the Alabama Hills, which lie at about 4,500 feet in elevation.
Amber checking the weather report at sunset (aka, how cold is it going to get in the back of the pickup tonight).
Our campsite for the first couple of nights.
Our campsite for the second half of the trip. The overhanging shade rock was paradise as the temps rose alarmingly high in the last few days of our trip!
From a distance, we discovered that we were camping under a massive petrified stone piranha! We named him Spike the Shadefish.
Flyovers by military fighter jets against a backdrop of artistic cloud formations and amazing sunsets were a daily routine.
Hiking over, through and sometimes under the unique rock formations of the Alabama Hills was also a daily routine. Angela and Amber exploring.
Mount Whitney, the highest point in the continental USA at 14,505 feet, is the rightmost summit of the jagged peaks in the center of the photo. Lone Pine Peak is the summit on the left.
Amber and Joe heading back to camp after a morning hike.
Looking at Amber through the Eye of the Alabama.
Chris and Angela sitting in the Eye of the Alabama.
Chris, Joe and Amber on the Whitney Trail, which will take you to the summit of Mount Whitney in aprox 11 miles and 6,300 feet of elevation gain. We only went 3.5 miles and 1,700 feet to Lone Pine Lake on this day : )
