Bodie ghost town, Mono County, Sierra Nevada, Eastern California, California, USA

Facade of abandoned wooden deserted buildings in Bodie ghost town, Mono County, Sierra Nevada, Eastern California, California, USA

Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S., Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.

Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S., Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.

Wild Willy's Hot Springs waits to sooth sore bodies. Owens River Valley, with the Eastern SIerra Nevada on the horizon.

Rock climber Erik Chabala bouldering on Bachar Boulders near Bishop, California in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains near Hwy 395.

Temple Crag looms over frozen First Lake in the Eastern SIerra Nevada, California.

Temple Crag never fails to impress, while hiking in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California.

Man looking at his map beside his tent in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Two hikers trekking through an alpine meadow in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

A high angle view of Kevin Swift climbing on an overhanging boulder in the Buttermilks, California, near Bishop in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains..

Ashley Laux reads and writes in her notebook while sitting in her sleeping bag to stay warm in the early morning while camping in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Feet with trail running shoes hiking by in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Two backpackers hiking up a snow covered slope in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Feet with trail running shoes hiking by in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Two men backpacking in an alpine meadow with a lake in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Man washing his face in a mountain lake in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Crossing Big Pine Creek North Fork in John Muir Wilderness, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California.

Two hikers on a glacier reflecting in a lake in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Legs and backpacker in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Two hikers trekking through an alpine meadow in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Man using a camp stove in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Two hikers on a glacier reflecting in a lake in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

Legs and backpacker in Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California.

USA, California, River through Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains