Day hike from North Lake trailhead to (almost) Lamarck Col, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest

Red cliffs of the flanks of Mt Emerson in the sun, gray flanks of Mt Thoreau towering over Lower Lamarck Lake, Owen's Valley with Chalk Bluff in the distance and Whites Peak towering over the valey in the east; Lamarck Col trail, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California, June 28, 2021, 13:34