Sunrise photos of Mount Julius Caesar above Chalfant Lakes.

Looking east over the Pine Creek drainage.

Another of Mount Julius Caesar, just as the sun began to hit the lake.

More morning photos in the Chalfant Lakes basin.

The direct descent along the creek to Honeymoon Lake looked a bit too brushy from below, so we opted to cross the shoulder south of the lakes.

Great view of the Chalfant Lakes and Mount Julius Caesar.

Braden standing atop the ridge, with great views of the peaks across Granite Park.

The high clouds made for great photo conditions.

We had a bit of a hard time finding a way down from the ridge. We were cliffed out a couple of times and ended up having to downclimb once or twice until we found a gully where we could descend to the trail.

Honeymoon Lake from above.

Pine Creek above Pine Lake.

Colorful Peak 12245 rising above Pine Lake.

One last view of the mountains across Pine Lake.

Fireweed flowers.

We began our descent back towards the Owens Valley. On our way down, we ran into a number of groups headed up for the week. It sounded like Mount Julius Caesar was a very popular objective.

Another shot of the mineshafts of the brownstone mine.

The clouds added some texture to the background of this photo of the unnamed peak rising above the abandoned mine.

We reached the car again early afternoon after a long descent down the Pine Creek trail. We had one more night before we had to be home, so we decided to head up to Mammoth and get a campsite near one of the lakes where we could fish and enjoy one more night under the stars.