Explore Landscapes
Jon NorrisSoCal-based landscape photographer who enjoys hiking, backpacking, and overlanding. Location and trail guides, composition tips, editing workflows delivered weekly. Practical guidance mixed with a little humor. Explore Landscapes. Experience. Create.
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Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 4
Starting the switchbacks on the way up to Colby Pass | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX) trek with the Recip...
August 2026 (One Month - One Picture)
Me atop Tumanguya (Mt. Whitney) at 14,505 ft (4, 421 m)
August 2026 | Jennie Lakes Wilderness | Kings Canyon National Park | Sequoia National Park | Hong Kong | Taipei
Wow—what a month! I turned 58 (on the 1st August) and that same day, s...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 3
Moon above Glacier Ridge from the Colby Pass Trail | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX) trek with the Recipro...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 2
Horn Peak, Big Bird Peak and Winter Alta from the Sugarloaf Valley Trail | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX)...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 1
Sunset at Rowell Meadow Trailhead in Jennie Lakes Wilderness on Day 0 | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX) tr...
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