Backpacker – August 2019

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An obscure peak in the High Sierra preserves

the legacy of a beloved ranger and beckons

more to its granite summit.

BY ERIC BLEHM

Epitaph in the Sky

PHOTO BY JOHN DITTLI

Mt. Morgenson, though

nearly 14,000 feet tall, is

unnamed on maps.