Coming from NH, a couple of warm up hikes is always a good thing. Included here are the two hikes done to get acclimatized. Palisade Glacier to 12,000' and Mt Gould to 13,000'. Two years ago in the big winter/spring of 2011 I'd been blown off of Gould as I started up from the pass. Bit anti-climatic this time around, though the bouldering at the top was quite nice.
THE INTERESTING PART OF THE DRIVE HAS BEGUN
THE NOW FAMILAR VIEW OF BOUNDARY PEAK AND THE DISTANT SIERRA FROM MONTGOMERY PASS
MORNING VIEW OF MIDDLE PALISADE AND CLYDE PEAK
AT THE JCT OF THE TWO FORKS OF BIG PINE CREEK
TEMPLE CRAG AND NORTH PAL TO THUNDERBOLT
SAM MACK MEADOW
NORTH PAL AND STARLIGHT PEAK
NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
SUNRISE SOUTH SIDE OF LONE PINE PEAK
SUNRISE AT THE START OF THE KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE OF UNIVERSITY PEAK
KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
BIG POTHOLE LAKE
MT STANFORD FROM THE PASS
KINGS KERN DIVIDE AND GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE PEAKS
STARTING THE SLOG UP MT GOULD
NW TO COTTER AND CLARENCE KING
HUGE CLOUD BUILD UP OVER THE CREST
NEW SNOW AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU THE AREA
NEW SNOW IN THE WHITE MTS FROM THE GORGE ROAD