slgwv's photos with the keyword: Mt. Elwell

At the vague northern end of the Sierra Nevada, California, overlooking Lakes Basin. The various lakes are labeled with inserts. The craggy peaks right in the center are the Sierra Buttes (8591 ft/2619 m); the distant peak to the left of them, on the skyline, is (I think) Mt. Lola (9148 ft/2788 m). The insert on the ridge to the right of the Sierra Buttes shows the view back to this point from the Pacific Crest Trail.

Looking north from the Pacific Crest Trail near the vague northern end of the Sierra Nevada. Long Lake is the large lake nearest Mt. Elwell; the lake at extreme right is Silver Lake. There are other lakes in the area not visible; Lakes Basin came by its name honestly! The smoke plume from the Walker Fire, which burned over 50,000 acres (>20,000 ha) in Plumas National Forest last September, is visible on the skyline to the right (insert). The insert at the summit of Mt. Elwell shows the view back toward here, from a trip we took a number of years ago.

Lakes Basin, Califonia, USA, at the very northern (and ill-defined) end of the Sierra Nevada. Looking north.

Mt. Elwell at skyline. This area is often considered to be the very northern edge of the Sierra.

Looking south from the summit of Mt. Elwell.