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HIGH SIERRA: ROYCE LAKES : Royce Lakes via Co-Co La ~ May 28-31, 2009(18) images

Still want to do the big gully on Feather. Just wasn't going to happen this time around. Conditions were terrible. Warm and soft. Jim and I stuck around for a couple of days before post holing back down to Honeymoon Lake.  

NICE VIEW BUT OMINOUS SIGN - STORM BOUND SAWTOOTH RANGE

JIM NUPP IN STORM MODE HEADED UP TO HONEYMOON LAKE

AFTERNOON CLEARING AT UPPER PINE LAKE

JIM AT CAMPSITE ON HONEYMOON LAKE

JIM PACKING FOR THE GRUNT UP TO ROYCE LAKES

NOT QUITE COLD ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST CLEAR START TO THE DAY

THE GOAL - THE 'CO CO LA' PASS TO ROYCE LAKES

JIM NUPP PRAYING THE SNOW STAYS HARD ENOUGH TO AVOID AN EPIC DAY

SO FAR SO GOOD ... BUT WAY TOO WARM FOR DISTANCE YET TO GO

BRIEF CLEARING BEFORE THE NEXT PULSE ARRIVES

DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP, THIS WINDOW WON'T LAST

A WALL OF CLOUDS AND WARM AIR MOVING ENVELOPING FEATHER PEAK

OUT OF TIME AND PATIENCE, SUNRISE AT 'CO CO LA PASS'

MID MORNING VIEW TOWARD PINE CREEK PASS FROM HONEYMOON LAKE REGION

JIM WALKING ON WATER

A SUNNY INTERVAL NEAR UPPER PINE LAKE

WHAT STORM ... LOOKING BACK UP AT THE 'CO CO LA'

IT'S BACK ... AN HOUR LATER THE WEATHER HAS DONE A 180

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