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HIGH SIERRA: WARM UP HIKES : Bishop and Mono Pass Hikes ~ May 15-18, 2012(31) images

Two warm-up acclimatization hikes before the real show began. Casual start for Bishop Pass. For Mono I started in the dark. Really cold at the pass until I found some sun and a place to sit out of the wind.  

THE NOW FAMILAR VIEW OF WHEELER PEAK FROM THE WEST

SIERRA FROM MONTGOMERY PASS

LONG LAKE REFLECTION OF GOODE AND HURD FROM BISHOP PASS TRAIL

ICE OUT ON LONG LAKE, MT GOODE IN THE DISTANCE

MT GOODE NORTH FACE AND THE SHEER NE FACE OF THE TRAPEZOID 12960 FT

MT GOODE NORTH FACE

MELLOW WALKING NEAR SNOWLINE IN THE TIMBERLINE TARNS REGION, BISHOP PASS TRAIL

HARD TO BELIEVE A RESONABLY NICE TRAIL EXISTS HERE AS YOU MOVE UP THRU THE MORAINE TO THE PASS

THE LAST RISE TO BISHOP PASS

THE BARREN AND ALMOST SNOWLESS BISHOP PASS AT 11,972FT

THE NORTHWEST FACE OF AGASSIZ AND APERTURE PEAK FROM THE EDGE OF BISHOP PASS

IRON RICH HILLSIDE BELOW 13,893FT MT AGASSIZ

ANOTHER VIEW OF MT AGASSIZ AND BISHOP PASS

RAPIDLY MELTING ICE AT LONG LAKE

LAST STEPS

SUNRISE ON A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE NORTH FACE OF MT DADE

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF MT MILLS FROM RUBY LAKE

THE MONO PASS TRAIL ZIG ZAGS UP THE SUNLITE HILLSIDE BEFORE TURNING THE CORNER AND FOLLOWING A LONG COLD VALLEY TO THE PASS.

MT ABBOT AND MILLS FROM MONO PASS TRAIL

RUBY PEAK AND A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE RUBY CREEK WALL

DADE AND ABBOT IN THE DISTANCE WHILE A STILL FROZEN RUBY LAKE GETS IT'S FIRST RAYS OF THE DAY

DECIDEDLY COOL CONDITIONS EVEN IN THE SUNSHINE, MONO PASS TRAIL

DEFINITELY RATHER COLD AND WINDY ON THE FINAL STRETCH TO THE PASS

VIEW SOUTH FROM MONO PASS TO BEAR CREEK SPIRE, DADE AND ABBOT

UP ABOVE THE PASS ON THE RUBY RIDGE SIDE OF THINGS

LOOKING WEST ACROSS THE FOURTH RECESS FROM THE RIDGE ABOVE MONO PASS

LOOKING DOWN TO RUBY LAKE FROM 12,700FT

LOOKING NORTH TO RED AND WHITE MT IN THE MAMMOTH HIGH COUNTRY REGION

LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM RUBY RIDGE


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