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HIGH SIERRA: UNIVERSITY PEAK
Northwest Face ~ May 12, 2014
(41) images

What started out as yet another trip to Kearsarge Pass turned into something far nicer. I happened to have brought ice tools with me so one look at the NW side of University Peak was more than enough temptation to veer left and go climbing. Good route but a tedious descent down from University Pass back to Onion Valley.   

FROM LONE PINE CG

SUNRISE VIEW FROM LONE PINE CG

ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE CG

SOUTHERN SIDE OF MT WILLIAMSON

A SHORT WALK ABOVE THE CG

GETTING ACROSS THE STREAM IS THE CRUX OF THIS WALK

COLORFUL SUNRISE SOUTH OF TUTTLE CREEK

PRE DAWN SKIES ON THE KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL

NORTH SIDE OF UNIVERSITY PEAK

GETTING UP EARLY HAS ITS BENEFITS

NORTH SIDE OF UNIVERSITY PEAK

THE COMPLEX NORTH FACE OF UNIVERSITY PEAK

OUT OF THE WOODS AND INTO THE ALPINE

MELLOW MORNING APPROACH

SERIOUSLY PERFECT APPROACH TO THE NW FACE

WANDERING THRU ROLLING HILLS ON THE WAY TO THE NW FACE

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MELLOW APPROACH TERRAIN

MT GOULD - RIGHT OF CENTER AND ABOVE THE PASS

MOUNT RIXFORD

GETTING STARTED

OK ... NOW WHAT

ROUTE DETAIL

NORTH WEST FROM THE CLIMB

ENTERING THE GULLY AT MID ROUTE

LOOKING DOWN A FEW MINUTES LATER

EASY BUT INTRICATE

EXITING THE SHADOWS RIGHT OF CENTER ON THE UPPER FACE

LOOKING DOWN THE FIRST STEPS ON THE FINAL SNOW SLOPE TO THE NW RIDGE

LOOKING UP AT THE LAST SECTION OF THE CLIMB

THE CLIMB IN REVIEW

WEST TO THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE

LOOKING PAST STANFORD AND DEERHORN TO THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE

HEAVY SNOW COVER AND MT STANFORD FROM THE TOP OF UNIVERSITY PEAK

DESCENDING THE SOUTH RIDGE LOOKING FOR UNIVERSITY PASS

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