Spent the night car camping at the Chipmunk Flat campground (my usual choice for overnight acclimation). Couple cars at Sonora Pass and I'd see the owners of both shortly. There was a PCT hiker (Doug) waiting at the pass trying to hitch a ride to Bridgeport.

Starting south. Up over a ridge, a short dip, and then the long climb up out of the pass.

Looking over at Sonora Pass from near the trailhead. (The PCT can be seen winding north in the bottom right)

The PCT makes a long switchbacking semi-circle around this bowl. There's a pair of PCT hikiers in the bottom left (under the tree) These were the only northbound people I'd pass today.

The cinder cone of Stanislaus Peak now visible to the north. (And the parking lot at the pass can be seen below)

There's a couple blips on the trail ahead of me. One was a backpacker who would stop at Latopie Lake. The other was a father/son out dayhiking. Would pass them both up atop the ridge.

The trail made one long switchback back before passing over the top of the ridge.

One last look north into the Carson-Iceberg wilderness (with the sun on Stanislaus Peak) before the view fell behind the ridge.

Leavitt Peak now visible to the north and Deadman Canyon off to the right as the trail leveled off for the next mile or so.