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Sixty Lakes Basin is a remote basin located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Kings Canyon National Park. Located just west of Rae Lakes Basin, Sixty Lakes Basin is flanked by several mountains, including Mt. Clarence King, Mt. Cotter, and Fin Dome. The basin can be reached from the east over Kearsarge Pass, or from the west from Cedar Grove.

Mount Cotter

Mount Cotter

Kings Canyon National Park

Blue

Afternoon in Gardiner Basin

Kings Cayon National Park - Gardiner Basin

Gardiner

Afternoon view of Mt. Gardiner from Gardiner Basin

Kings Canyon National Park

Fin Dome

Evening light on Fin Dome

Rae Lakes Basin

Converge

Sunset alpenglow reflection off a small tarn in Kings Canyon National Park

Alpenglow below Glen Pass

Stream

Stream, meadow, and mountains in the High Sierra

Sixty Lakes Basin

Shoreline

Lake shoreline curving into the expansive view of Sixty Lakes Basin

Sixty Lakes Basin

Alpenglow

Stormy sunset and alpenglow reflection in sixty lakes basin

Sixty Lakes Basin

Golden

Golden light reflection of Kearsarge Pinnacles and forest across Kearsarge Lakes in Kings Canyon National Park

Kearsarge Lakes

University Glow

Alpenglow off university peak reflected in kearsarge lakes

Sunrise - University Peak

Shades

Morning shadows creeping across mountains and a lake in Sixty Lakes Basin in the High Sierra

Sixty Lakes Basin

Clarence King

Mt. Clarence King reflected in a lake in Sixty Lakes Basin

Sixty Lakes Basin

Kearsarge Lakes

Kearsarge peaks and spires in the Sierra Nevada Mountains reflecting in a lake as the sun rises to light  the top of the peaks

High Sierra

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