This trip is something I've wanted to do for a long time. I'm glad I waited until this year. I had an incomplete vision of what was possible and what would work for me. Two trip reports helped. One from Peaks for Freaks and the other, a Flickr album by Craig Taylor opened my eyes to how much more there was than just getting to Hell for Sure Lake and Pass. Indeed.
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WANDERING AROUND ABOVE THE MAXSON TRAILHEAD ROAD THE AFTERNOON BEFORE STARTING IN
ANOTHER VIEW OF DOMES AND FAR AWAY GODDARD FROM THE SLABS ABOVE THE MAXSOM TRAILHEAD ROAD
WANDERING AROUND ON THE SLABS ABOVE THE ACCESS ROAD
BACK AT MY SPOT FOR THE NIGHT
EVENING VIEW OF LECONTE DIVIDE FROM COURTRIGHT DOMES
STORM CLEARING NEAR MAXSON TRAILHEAD
FOGGY MORNING NEAR THE MAXSON TRAILHEAD
LOOKING EAST TO THE LECONTE DIVIDE
SHORELINE FLEMING LAKE
NOT FAR FROM THE DEVILS PUNCHBOWL JCT
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY NEAR THE DEVILS PUNCHBOWL JCT
STARTING UP THE SLABS ABOVE BIG SHOT LAKE ON THE WAY TO LUCIFER PASS
LAST LITTLE TARN BEFORE STARTING UP THE SLABS TO LUCIFER PASS
SMALL BUT DRAMATIC ROCK FACES
LOOKING BACK TO THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL FROM THE TOP OF THE PASS
TOMORROWS FARAWAY GUNSIGHT PASS FROM LUCIFER 2
LOOKING BACK AT LUCIFER 2 FROM NEAR CRABTREE LAKE
WORKING MY WAY UP THE SLABS ABOVE CRABTREE LAKE
CONFUSION PEAKS AND SCHOOLMARM LAKE
SHORELINE SCHOOLMARM LAKE
EVENING SELFIE AT SCHOOLMARM AND SIX SHOOTER LAKES
CAMPSITE BETWEEN SCHOOLMARM AND SIX SHOOTER LAKES
EVENING, SHORELINE SCHOOLMARM LAKE
ANOTHER END OF THE DAY VIEW, SHORELINE SCHOOLMARM LAKE
ANOTHER END OF THE DAY VIEW, SHORELINE SCHOOLMARM LAKE
GREAT EXAMPLE OF GLACIAL POLISHING NEAR SIX SHOOTER LAKE
LATE DAY VIEW AS THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST
SIX SHOOTER LAKE AT THE END OF DAY 2
HOLSTER AND HORSEHEAD PEAKS AT SUNSET
PASSING SIX SHOOTER LAKE THE NEXT MORNING
AFTER A COUPLE OF SMALL LAKES THE WORK STARTS ON THE ASCENT TO GUNSIGHT PASS
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SCREE AT THE START TOWARDS GUNSIGHT PASS
CONFUSION PEAKS FROM NEAR THE TOP OF GUNSIGHT PASS
FARAWAY MARTHA LAKE AND IN THE FOREGROUND CONFUSION LAKE
LOOKING BACK UP AT GUNSIGHT PASS FROM CONFUSION LAKE
GUNSIGHT PASS AND CONFUSION LAKE
LOOKING DOWN AT RAINBOW LAKE FROM THE SHOULDER ABOVE CONFUSION LAKE
PART OF THE ROUTE I TOOK TO GET AROUND RAINBOW LAKE
THE PATH AHEAD. THE GOAL: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DIVISION AND PEARL LAKES
A SMALL TARN NEAR BIGHORN LAKE
MELLOW SLABS ON THE WAY UP TO DIVISION LAKE
DAY 3 CAMPSITE BETWEEN DIVISION AND PEARL LAKES
DAY 3 CAMPSITE BETWEEN DIVISION AND PEARL LAKES
SUNSET VIEW OF FINGER PEAK AND THE CONVENIENT CROSSING OF THE LECONTE DIVIDE AT FINGER COL
LATE DAY VIEW OF OYSTER PEAK
SUNSET VIEW OF OYSTER PEAK
SUNSET AND FINGER PEAK FROM PEARL LAKE
SUNSET REFLECTION OF OYSTER PEAK
MORNING DAY 4
THE KEY PASSAGE TO EASILY GET TO THE BASIN BELOW FINGER COL