"Mt. Whitney Pack Trains Memories"

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All photos courtesy of Mary Jefferson unless otherwise noted.
Whitney Crest Panorama courtesy of Greg Russell, copyright Greg Russell

 


1960 - Mt. Whitney Portal Store
L to R: Pam Whittemore, Ann ?, Dorothy Von Loben Sels


1960
Checking out an Olivas mule on the Carroll Creek road.
L to R: Tommy Jefferson amd Bud Slater


1953 - Packing a compressor out on the Mt. Whitney trail.
L to R: Tommy Jefferson, Fred Moore, Don Felix


Ray DeLea - 1965


August 16, 1969 on the Mt. Whitney trail nearing Trail Crest pass.


Conception Zuniga


Mt. Whitney Portal Store


Jim Gordon on the Mt. Whitney Trail.


September 1968, Trail Riders of the Wilderness - Picture 2


1957 - Tommy Jefferson on Pine Creek Pass with the Sierra CLub


1957 - In Slide Canyon with the Sierra Club
L to R: Richard Morgan, Chris Rich, Reif Kipp (back to camera), Ronnie Hoffman, Tommy Jefferson, Sue Cox, Jim Dittmer


1957 - In Slide Canyon with the Sierra Club
L to R: Chris Rich, Tommy Jefferson, Ronnie Hoffman, Richard Morgan, Reif Kipp, Jim Dittmer


Chris Rich at Trail Camp on the Mt. Whitney trail.


On the Mt. Whitney trail descending from Trail Camp to Mirror Lake.


Mt. Whitney Packer packing up at the roadend.



Bruce Morgan - 1963


Ken Hess - 1963


Ray DeLea -1965
 


Rest Stop on the Mt. Whitney Trail - 1963


1947 - Murt Stewart at Sally Keys Lakes
[Cedric Wright photo]


Packer packing up the Sierra Club.


Sierra Club outing. Stock unsaddled and haltered to the tie line.


Sage Flat during deer season - 1954


Jon Dittmer at Outpost Camp on the Mt. Whitney Trail


July 1958 at the Elder Ranch
L to R: Tommy Jefferson, Rusty Criner


1958 at the Elder Ranch
L to R: Eddie Mike, Tommy Jefferson


1961 - At the Edler Ranch. Getting ready to head west to Mineral King.


1954 - Sage Flat during deer season.

 


1948 at Carroll Creek Pack Station


Mt. Whitney Pack Trains - Carroll Creek Pack Station


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1940s - Mt. Whitney Pack Trains with the Sierra Club
[Cedric Wright photo]

 


Lou mule aparejo packed with a Sierra Club stove.


Picture 2
Mt. Whitney Pack Trains
[Cedric Wright photo]
 


Picture 2
1953 Sierra Club High Trip
L to R: J. Tugwell Malone, Larry Berry, Roberta Morgan, Lester Bellas, Billy Bishop, Tommy Jefferson, Clyde Poncho, Skip Parker, Gary Poncho, Graham Boswell
Front: Bruce Morgan


1961- L to R: Jon Dittmer, George ?, Loren Joseph, Richard Morgan, Penny Sewell, Mary Morgan, Charles Morgan, Ken Hess

 



Sequoia National Park from the summit of Mt. Whitney - 360 degree Dark Sky Panorama
D. Duriscoe, C. Duriscoe, R. Pilewski, and L. Pilewski
U.S. National Park Service Night Sky Program
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