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
THE LAST BIT OF ACCURATE TRAIL BEFORE LOSING IT FOR GOOD ON THE WAY TO DINGLEBERRY LAKE
NOT EVEN SURE WHERE I AM AT THIS POINT
TOOK A WHILE TO FIND A FLAT ROCK BIG ENOUGH TO PITCH THE TENT
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
EVENING VIEW OF POWELL FROM A CAMPSITE ABOVE TOPSY TURVY LAKE
EVENING VIEW OF POWELL, HUNGRY PACKER AND HAECKEL FROM A CAMPSITE ABOVE TOPSY TURVY LAKE
SUNRISE ON THE CLYDE SPIRES ON THE APPROACH TO ECHO LAKE
EARLY MORNING VIEW THE EAST SIDE OF HUNGRY PACKER PEAK
EARLY MORNING VIEW OF CLYDE SPIRES FROM ECHO LAKE
EARLY MORNING VIEW THE NORTH FACE OF POWELL 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
WHICH WAY TO FINISH THE 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
POWELL FALSE PEAK AND DARWIN FROM THE TOP OF THE NORTH FACE
VIEW NORTHWEST TO DARWIN FROM THE NORTH FACE OF POWELL
LOOKING SOUTH EAST DOWN INTO LECONTE CANYON FROM THE WRONG SUMMIT OF POWELL
EXCELLENT VIEW OF HOW MUCH SNOW THERE WOULD BE ON AN EVOLUTION LOOP
SUMMIT AND UPPER NORTH FACE OF MT POWELL
ANOTHER VIEW OF HOW MUCH SNOW THERE WOULD BE ON AN EVOLUTION LOOP
WALLACE AND HAECKEL FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE NORTH FACE OF POWELL
BACK DOWN AT ECHO LAKE LOOKING UP AT THE STEEP START TO THE NORTH FACE ROUTE ON POWELL
FULL VIEW OF THE EASY ROUTE UP THE NORTH SIDE OF MT POWELL
SPRING TIME IN THE HIGH SIERRA
NEAR SNOWLINE ON THE HIKE OUT
LAST GOOD LOOK AT DIVIDE PEAKS - PICTURE PEAK, HAECKEL, AND PT 13332
KEY LOG CROSSING THAT GETS YOU BACK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE .... AND THE TRAIL
BACK ON THE TRAIL TO BLUE LAKE, HUNGRY PACKER AND HAECKEL IN THE BACKGROUND, BISHOP CREEK DRAINAGE