Alpine River Cascading Through Rocky Granite Gorge (1927)

A mountain river cascading through a steep, rocky granite amphitheater and gorge lined with weathered high-elevation pines. — Alpine River Cascading Through Rocky Granite Gorge (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Deep in the high-elevation wilderness of the Sierra Nevada, Donald A. Hall Sr. captured this mountain river cascading through a rugged, stepped granite gorge. Tiered cascades tumble over fractured bedrock steps into clear pools, flanked by weathered lodgepole pines clinging to steep cliff ledges beneath a towering alpine peak, documenting the remote backcountry terrain Hall explored during his summer mountaineering travels.