Rush Creek Basin Panorama from Marie Lakes Ridge - Sierra
Panorama from just E of lower Marie Lake overlooking Rush Creek Basin. Just out of view left is lower Marie Lake. At left is Mt Lyell. At center left, flat topped Donahue Peak catches white light, with the John Muir Trail running SE over Donahue Pass just barely out of view 2 saddles left and winding SE along the main Rush Creek branch left to right mid background to rise back up center right over Island Pass.Mid foreground center left is a secondary Rush Creek branch basin just below Marie Lakes, which drains down to Waugh Lake prominent in the center background. At far right is pointy from this angle Banner Peak, just right the barely visible hump of Mt Ritter, and highest from this view and leaning right mt Davis. California, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Marie Lakes. Off the John Muir Trail near Mile 040.