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
SUNRISE VIEW OF THE PALISADE CREST
EARLY MONRING VIEW OF CLYDE PEAK AND THE PALISADE CREST
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
MORNING VIEW OF TEMPLE CRAG FROM 2ND LAKE
SAM MACK MEADOW
NORTH PAL AND STARLIGHT PEAK
NORTH FORK BIG PINE CREEK
SUNRISE SOUTH SIDE OF LONE PINE PEAK
MORNING TUTTLE CREEK DRAINAGE AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF LONE PINE PEAK
MORNING AT THE BLM CG ON TUTTLE CREEK
EVENING VIEW FROM ONION MEADOWS TRAILHEAD UP TOWARDS ROBINSON LAKE
SUNRISE AT THE START OF THE KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
EARLY MORNING VIEW OF UNIVERSITY PEAK FROM THE KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE OF UNIVERSITY PEAK
KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
UNIVERSITY PEAK FROM KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL AT GILBERT LAKE
KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL
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
A NICE SECTION OF SOLID SCRAMBLING ON THE WAY UP THE SOUTH SLOPES OF MT GOULD
THE SUMMIT BLOCK OF 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