Tree-Filled Meadow, Morning Clouds. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Small trees and wildflowers spread across a large subalpine Sierra Nevada meadow.
We spent a week camped next to this lovely subalpine meadow, with its small lake, forest of small trees, and surrounding alpine peaks. For those whose backpacking mostly consists of daily walking from camp to camp (as it did for me for many years) the idea of staying in one place for a week can seem boring or even upsetting. But I’ve learned that over time such places reveal plenty of interesting stuff — and I’ve never reached the end of a week in one of them feeling that I’ve exhausted its potential.
Our camp was hidden in trees on top of a rocky moraine, mostly invisible to passers-by. But a short walk down the side of the moraine quickly brought us to the edge of this meadow. The centerpiece of the meadow was a quiet lake, surrounded by grass and wildflowers and covered in places with wildflowers. This was one of those rare and special years when prodigious and late snowfall keeps the meadows green all the way into September, and late season wildflowers were everywhere.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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