Lighthawk, here is a link to a paper that talks about Mono Lake spilling into Walker Lake and later spilling into the Owens Valley -Lighthawk said:Thank you for another wonderful episode.
Panamint dunes are a favorite, and an uphill hike! We haven't made it to the summit of Lake Hill either. There are suspicious rock collections to the east, but not verified as historic.
We spent a good portion of the day wandering up the canyon to the west. I don’t believe I’ve pointed out that this canyon is the Pleistocene water outflow route from the Mono Lake Basin. The flood waters continued down into Queen Valley and flowed south into the Owens Valley. Owens Lake overflowed and its flood waters created Fossil Falls.
I did not know about this. Wouldn't we see more signs of water erosion?
Drainage Reversals in Mono Basin during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene
Why don't we see massive erosion scars in this canyon like we see at Fossil Falls? Great question.