Ansel Adams Wilderness is in the Eastern Sierras in Inyo National Forest near the town of Mammoth. We did a four day, three night backpacking and photography trip from Agnew Meadows to Ediza Lake, Garnet Lake, and Thousand Island Lake. The hike was about 3700ft of elevation gain and about 30 miles round trip if you include the distance we hiked to find campsites. This hike is full of all kinds of beautiful sights including waterfalls, wildflowers, bristlecone pine trees, snow clad mountains, and alpine lakes. This trip was truly awe inspiring and made for some of the most amazing landscape photos I've ever captured.
We stayed at Mammoth Mountain Inn the night before and took the shuttle bus to Agnew Meadows. We started hiking on Shadow Creek Trail to Ediza Lake, then took the John Muir Trail to Garnet Lake and Thousand Island Lake, then took the High Trail section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) back to Agnew Meadows where the shuttle took us back to Mammoth.

Here is a link to the All Trails route we followed: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ca...

Wilderness permits and bear canisters are required for overnights in Ansel Adams Wilderness. Permits can be reserved at recreation.gov.

Check out our photos from this trip and more at the following links:
http://donaldcarlton.com
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  / pinoyscapes  

Music: (Licensed from Music Bed)
Yearn by Chris Coleman
Under The Stars by Analog Heart
Sweet Indy by Davis Harwell
Endings by Will Pearce
Short Story Seven by Analog Heart
Aspen by Future of Forestry
Trees by Future of Forestry
Morning Texture (with Light of Woods) by The Field Tapes
Removed by Bytheway-May
And So Do The Memories by Async Ross

I am new to creating videos, and the shooting and editing of this film was a learning process I hope to improve on in the future. This entire film was shot on iPhones and a Go Pro. The style of this film was inspired by one of my favorite hiking film creators Kraig Adams.