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HIGH SIERRA: MT POWELL : North Face ~ June 9-12, 2009(20) 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

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

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