Panorama Trail

After some drama, the logistics worked out and I took the one-way hiker bus to Glacier Point and then the aptly named Panorama Trail back to the valley.

The park claims it is 8.5 miles but my GPS said I did 9.7. Not my fastest hike as it took 5 hours. That is 2 miles per hour, but the camera was getting well over 80 photos per mile (ppm?) until the steep descents. Here are a few pics for now, I will post more photos later on the other site. Camera lessons learned from this hike are: don’t need the telephoto in the Sierras (guessed that and did not bring it), granite in the sunlight with a dark blue sky and green trees is more contrast than even a great camera can handle – no wonder Ansel ran photography classes here, I may have to buy some app to help adjust the pics. Also, if you only have one lens and a few settings, spend the 5 minutes to check them before you go to a place like this. Huge opportunities missed once again – d’oh

I will backdate a hiking log later, but that will be for me. The annotated pic below tells you what you need to know. I did not know this was a life list hike, but now that I have done it, it is.

The last pic (SafeTrail) is supposed to be sarcastic. Most of the descent did not have handrails.