North-northwest view of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Creek" class="extiw" title="w:Mills Creek">Mills Creek</a> cirque (center) in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_National_Forest" class="extiw" title="w:Sierra National Forest">Sierra National Forest</a> near the midpoint of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Crest" class="extiw" title="w:Sierra Crest">Sierra Crest</a>, which extends along the cirque's southeast corner (right) at Mounts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Abbot" class="extiw" title="w:Mount Abbot">Abbot</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mills" class="extiw" title="w:Mount Mills">Mills</a> northward from La Salle Lake (bottom, partially shadowed), the image's centerline is through the south side of the cirque between Mounts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hilgard" class="extiw" title="w:Mount Hilgard">Hilgard</a> (left, casting shadow w/ sunlit streak) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gabb" class="extiw" title="w:Mount Gabb">Gabb</a> (right of centerline), then north of the cirque along the Sierra Crest's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_White_Mountain" class="extiw" title="w:Red and White Mountain">Red and White</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Red_Slate_Mountain" title="Red Slate Mountain">Red Slate</a> mountains (right of centerline).  The crest extends northwest to Mammoth Crest and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Mountain" title="Mammoth Mountain">Mammoth Mountain</a> and then west of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mono_Lake" title="Mono Lake">Mono Lake</a> (top, blue) in the north, e.g., across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tioga_Pass" class="extiw" title="w:Tioga Pass">Tioga Pass</a> west of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Crest" class="extiw" title="w:Wheeler Crest">Wheeler Crest</a>.  Between the cirque and Mono Lake is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowley_Lake" class="extiw" title="w:Crowley Lake">Crowley Lake</a> (white, right of centerline).
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/29069842@N02">Jeffrey Pang</a> from Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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