Sierra backpacking: Ansel Adams Wilderness

Jeff Winter, his brother EJ and L.A. Times photographer Ken Hively head to the Ansel Adams Wilderness in California for a backpacking adventure. They've been taking backpacking trips nearly every year for the last 35 years.

Formerly the Minarets Wilderness, it was expanded and renamed the Ansel Adams Wilderness as a result of the Wilderness Act in 1984.