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HIGH SIERRA: MT MUIR : Std West Face Route ~ May 5, 2015(28) images

Another snowy April left me looking for a day route that would help with conditioning and tag a summit. Most of the low hanging fruit had been plucked. A return to the Whitney region turned out to be just the ticket. Hadn't been there since 1981. The std route on Muir is a shadow of the big east face, but still a worthy route as the summit block contains some nice stout bouldering which to me seemed more 4th class than not - at least the way I went.  

SUNRISE WHITNEY PORTAL ROAD

SUNRISE ON DAY AND KEELER NEEDLES

EARLY MONRING LIGHT ON THE UPPER NORTH RIDGE OF LONE PINE PEAK

ANOTHER EARLY MONRING VIEW OF THE NORTH RIDGE OF LONE PINE PEAK

EARLY MONRING VIEW OF THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LONE PINE PEAK

SUNRISE VIEW OF TRAILCREST

CLASSIC EARLY MORNING SIERRA LIGHTING

TRAILCAMP VIEW OF MT MUIR

SIERRA CREST FROM THE BASE OF THE SWITCHBACKS

MT WHITNEY'S VERSION OF THE 'IVA FERRATA'

VIEW TO THE WEST FROM TRAILCREST

CHAMBERLAIN AND HITCHCOCK FROM TRAILCREST

LOOKING BACK AT TRAILCREST FROM WHERE I LEFT THE MAIN TRAIL

THE VERY COOL BUT SHORT CLIMB TO THE SUMMIT OF MT MUIR.

WHITNEY, KEELER NEEDLE AND DAY NEEDLE FROM MT MUIR

WHITNEY, KEELER NEEDLE, DAY NEEDLE AND AIGUILLE EXTRA FROM MT MUIR

WEST TO THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE FROM THE TOP OF MUIR

LOOKING DOWN THE SOUTH FORK OF LONE PINE CREEK FROM THE TOP OF MT MUIR

LOOKING BACK AT THE STANDARD ROUTE ON MT MUIR

THE INTERESTING PART OF THE WHITNEY TRAIL ABOVE TRAILCREST

LAST VIEW OF MUIR BEFORE TURNING THE CORNER AT TRAILCREST

MUIR FROM THE EAST FROM THE SWITCHBACKS

THE RAILING ON THE WAY DOWN

PART OF THE VISTA ON THE LONG WALK BACK TO THE PORTAL.

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