High Sierra pics from today

Funky rocks at Cottonwood Pass, plus a few others....this makes the desert seem like a distant memory....gotta get back hiking...more updates in a week or so...mosquitos are out in full force, I'm trying to keep 'em off, but when filtering water I just can't help but collect a few red itchy bites.
Saw a huge smoke plume go up this morning back towards KM where I came from--hope the other hikers were able to get on the trail and not get stuck there longer. Glad I was able to beat feet and make a dash for it with a few others. Wind has kicked up significantly, walking through mainly alternating foxtail and lodgepole pine stands amongst the growing granite domes of the Sierra as I hike North. Gorgeous.