Egad, Taboose? !! Wonder if I'll ever make it up that oven climb at my age? Lake Basin is still on my bucket list. For those of you not in the "know", Taboose is one of the "Fearsome Foursome" passes of the east side of the southern Sierra. It begins in desert and climbs about 7000 feet to the actual pass. I've always opted for the easier passes that start high to begin with, like Kearsarge, Bishop, or Army, though I have done my share of strenuous off-trail approaches, like Lamarck Col. In the background you can see Arrow Peak. Lake Basin would be toward theright, off the current trail behind those ridges. In between is the canyon, Muro Blanco, itself untrailed but doable if you don't mind a lot of brush. But your previouspic, Thomas, looks a lot more like the vicinity of Chocolate Peak, looking east on the way up to Bishop Pass, and not along the Muir Trail. Am I right?