Starting along the Mount Dana Trail as it crosses Dana Meadows.Abundant wildflowers.View back toward Dana Meadows.View south toward Tuolumne Meadows. Mammoth Peak is on the left.View back.Mount Dana comes into view opposite a wide plateau.View back as I start up Mount Dana's west slope. Mount Conness is on the right.Following a lattice of social trails. Some lingering patches of snow were easily avoidable.Bunches of sky pilot flowers below the summit of Mount Dana.Mount Dana summit. View south toward Mount Gibbs (right of center).View northeast across the Mount Dana cirque. Mono Lake is in the distance.View northwest.View west toward Tuolumne Meadows.Descending Mount Dana's south slope to the Dana-Gibbs saddle. On the far left is the unnamed Peak 12565.Closeup of Peak 12565's craggy north face.View back up Mount Dana's south slope.View along Gibbs Canyon toward the partially visible Kidney Lake and the distant Mono Lake.Arriving at the saddle. From here, the route contours the slope ahead toward Mount Gibbs (right).View back toward Mount Dana.View down the Dana-Gibbs bowl.Approaching the north ridge of Mount Gibbs.View of Mount Gibbs's east face from a bump along the ridge.Following the ridge toward Mount Gibbs.View back toward Mount Dana.Class 2 along Mount Gibbs's north ridge.View back.Some avoidable Class 3 terrain.Final scramble to summit of Mount Gibbs.Mount Gibbs summit. View south toward the Kuna Crest.View north toward Mount Dana.Starting down Mount Gibb's west ridge.Steep, rocky slope.View back up the slope.More tedious, rocky terrain.Another view back toward Mount Gibbs.Another steep section along Mount Gibbs's west ridge.View north toward Mount Dana.Reaching some gentler terrain.Arriving at the tree line.Dropping down the south side of the ridge to join the Mono Pass Trail.Along the Mono Pass Trail, headed west.Reentering Dana Meadows.Crossing the Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River.Joining Highway 120 at the Mono Pass Trailhead. From here, it's a 1.5 mile road walk back to Tioga Pass.Panoramic view back at Mount Dana (far left) and Mount Gibbs (left of center) from Highway 120.
