Ansel Adams Wilderness Outdoor Photography

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The acclaimed landscape photographer Ansel Adams did as much as anyone—including, arguably, even John Muir himself—to introduce the peaks, lakes, and mountainscapes of the High Sierra to America, helping to cement the status of the “Range of Light” as one of the favorite mountain ranges of people who love to wander through mountains.

The High Sierra wilderness named for Ansel Adams contains a segment of the John Muir Trail and a constellation of alpine lakes, including Thousand Island Lake on the JMT and Minaret Lake, tucked in at the base of the spires called the Minarets.

On a nine-day hike through the Ansel Adams and John Muir wildernesses and part of Kings Canyon National Park, two companions and I spent consecutive nights camped near Thousand Island Lake and Minaret Lake. At Thousand Island, we witnessed one of the longest-lasting and most rapidly shifting sunsets that I have ever witnessed in the backcountry, captivating us for what seemed like about an hour, until its last embers of light snuffed out.

The morning after we camped near Minaret Lake, I strolled to its shore to capture the rising sun burnishing the rock walls of the Minarets in electrifying, golden light.

Purchase one or more of these images to keep a little piece of the High Sierra within sight every day.

—Michael Lanza

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Dawn at Minaret Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness (vertical)

Dawn at Minaret Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness (horizontal)

Sunset over Thousand Island Lake, along the John Muir Trail, Ansel Adams Wilderness (horizontal)