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HIGH SIERRA: MT POWELL : North Face ~ June 9-12, 2009(38) images

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


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