![]() Unlike the Piute Pass trail, this upper section of the Bishop Pass trail has a lot of brown/red clay soil – making the contrast with the gray granite, white snow, blue water, green grass and trees even more stunning. Once down the steep switchies, the trail flattens into the beautiful basin that houses Bishop Lake. Now, on our last day, in a snow field at 11,800 feet – there they were! Crazy!Īfter the snow fields, the Bishop Pass trail goes straight down a granite face via a series of steep switchbacks that are VERY similar to the structure of the 99 switchbacks on the Whitney trail…except here there aren’t 99 of them. We hiked down carefully and saw some HUGE bear paw prints in the snow! We had heard of bear sightings in Dusy Basin, but had gone six days without even seeing a print. The hike down the east side of Bishop Pass started with a few snow fields – similar to those on the east side of Muir Pass but not as steep. ![]()
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