Lower Lyell Canyon

Lyell Canyon is a stretch of eight miles from Tuolumne meadows all the way to the foothill of Donahue pass. This is the path one takes to exit Yosemite National Park.

July in the High Sierra, and the snowmelt was still feeding this little lake. The surrounding granite slopes were mostly barren, but a few tenacious trees clung to the edges of the basin.

John Muir Trail, Sierra Nevada, California · 2022