Bit of a walk up but you can at least keep it aesthetic by looking for harder ways to stay on solid rock. Hot spell moving thru the area that weekend so the snow barely froze. Post holing up from Sam Mack Meadow. Finally got solid up around 12+. Was really slushly on the way down. Walked all the way back to the old walk in campground on the north fork trail that afternoon. Nice to have a picnic table to sit at while killing time.
BRIDGE NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
DISAPPOINTMENT, MIDDLE AND CLYDE PEAKS
KID MOUNTAIN FROM THE NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
TRAIL NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
2ND LAKE AND TEMPLE CRAG, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
SAM MACK MEADOW, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
STREAM CUTTING THROUGH SAM MACK MEADOW
GAYLEY, SILL AND THUNDERBOLT FROM HILLSIDE ABOVE SAM MACK MEADOW
LATE AFTERNOON AT SAM MACK MEADOW, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
NORTHWEST SIDE OF TEMPLE CRAG, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF SILL TO STARLIGHT, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
STREAM SAM MACK MEADOW, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
LATE DAY VIEW OF MT SILL,
PRE-DAWN SKIES ON THE WAY TO MT WINCHELL
SUNRISE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THUNDERBOLT
STANDARD ROUTE ON WINCHELL
NORTH PAL, STARLIGHT AND THUNDERBOLT AT SUNRISE
NORTH PAL AND STARLIGHT AT SUNRISE
GETTING CLOSER
LOOKING DOWN AT SAM MACK LAKE
NORTH EAST FACE OF THUNDERBOLT
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROUTE
FORESHORTENED VIEW OF THE START OF THE ROUTE
NORTH SIDE OF THUNDERBOLT
GETTING CLOSER TO THE TRAVERSE
THE EASY RAMP OUT TO THE ARETE
LOOKING INTO KINGS CANYON BACKCOUNTRY
ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE KNIFE EDGE ARETE LOOKING AT THE SUMMIT
PERCHED ON THE KNIFE EDGE ARETE LOOKING AT THE SUMMIT
FINAL SECTION OF THE ROUTE
LOOKING DOWN THE DRAMATIC NORTH SIDE OF WINCHELL
VIEW FROM THE TOP OF WINCHELL
LOOKING DOWN THE INCREDIBLE WEST FACE OF WINCHELL
DUSY BASIN FROM THE TOP OF WINCHELL
PALISADE BASIN AND AMPHITHEATER LAKE REGION FROM THE TOP OF WINCHELL
LOOKING DOWN THE ROUTE
DUSY BASIN LAKES AND
THE WILDLY PRECIPITIOUS AND TECHNICAL NW RIDGE OF WINCHELL
LOOKING DOWN AT SAM MACK MEADOWS
CAMPSITE AT THE OLD FS WALK-IN CG, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
SUNRIST THROUGH THE TREES, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
FIRST LIGHT IN THE VALLEY, NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
APPARENTLY MY FAVORITE PHOTO OP - CLYDE PEAK.
SUMMER HAS ARRIVED