Return to the Sierra. Lots of snow that spring. This was a good warm up and a visit to a place I hadn't seen before. Fairly low angle slopes on the north face, but still a nice place to be.
EARLY MAY ... LAKE SABRINA ROAD, BISHOP CREEK
SO FAR SO GOOD ... WONDERING WHERE THE SNOW LINE IS?
NOT SO FAR IT SEEMS ... ALREADY GETTING SOFT TOO
BLUE LAKE JUST STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF SPRING
EVENING VIEW OF THOMPSON AND POWELL FROM CAMPSITE ABOVE TOPSY TURVEY LAKE
SUNRISE ON THE EAST FACE OF MT DARWIN (R)
SUNRISE RELECTION OF PICTURE PEAK
EARLY MORNING VIEW OF PICTURE PEAK AND CLYDE SPIRES (BEHIND TO LEFT)
CAMPSITE AND EVENING VIEW OF THOMPSON AND POWELL
EVENING VIEW OF GLACIAL ERRATICS AND MT POWELL
EARLY MORNING VIEW OF CLYDE SPIRES FROM ECHO LAKE
WALLACE, HAECKEL AND PICTURE PEAK FROM LOWER SECTION OF POWELL N FACE
UPPER SECTION OF THE VERY MELLOW N FACE OF MT POWELL
LAST STEPS TO THE SHORT GULLY THAT FINISHED THE ROUTE
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NICE FINISH
EXCELLENT VIEW OF HOW MUCH SNOW THERE WOULD BE ON AN EVOLUTION LOOP
SUMMIT AND UPPER NORTH FACE OF MT POWELL
FULL VIEW OF THE EASY ROUTE UP THE NORTH SIDE OF MT POWELL
NEAR SNOWLINE ON THE HIKE OUT
KEY LOG CROSSING THAT GETS YOU BACK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE .... AND THE TRAIL