ranch beside Route 395, with cattle skins on the fence
 

4200m peak reached by good trail 8km from paved road -- No one else on it for months
 

the American West on highway 395 -- sagebrush and cattle -- with the 4000m White Mountains beyond
 

4050m ski peak reached by good trail 8km from paved road -- Not in any guidebook
 

Mt Whitney with the Mountaineers gully ski route on right shoulder  (viewed from the main road by highway 395)
 

Mt Williamson -- most massive peak in the Sierras (but second highest)