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HIGH SIERRA: MT ACRODECTES : East Ridge ~ May 2021(45) images

The first springtime adventure in the High Sierra since 2015. Long overdue. After a warmup hike/climb of Mt Starr above Mono Pass, it was time to spend some time in a region I had only briefly visited in 2014. A day trip to Sawmill Pass is probably done all the time. But from there I knew little or nothing about the Woods Lake Basin. A Peaks for Freaks trip report showed an awesome view of the North side of Mt Acrodectes. The TR reported that the East Ridge scramble was quite nice. So, with 3 nights of food I headed back up to Sawmill Pass - starting at 4:45am to beat the heat. Couldn't find a campsite below the pass so ended up going all the way over and down to a nice little tarn at about 11,000'.. From there I had a beautiful view of the area and the the peak itself.  

View Trip Map for loop details and campsite locations

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE

THE DRAMATIC ENTRANCE TO SAWMILL CANYON

THE FULL VIEW UP SAWMILL CANYON

JEFFREY PINES AT THE EDGE OF SAWMILL MEADOW

MY PACK DWARFED BY THE SIZE OF AN ANCIENT DOUG FIR

ARRIVING AT SAWMILL PASS AFTER A LOW SNOW WINTER

EVENING VIEW FROM UPPER WOODS LAKE BASIN

EVENING TREE ART LOOKING SOUTH

THE SAME TREE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

ANOTHER EVENING VIEW SOUTH TOWARDS ACRODECTES

CAMPSITE VIEW AT THE END OF A LONG DAY ONE

SUNSET VIEW OF BAXTER PEAK (R)

MORNING DAY 2

EARLY MORNING VIEW ON THE APPROACH TO ACRODECTES

SUNRISE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ACRODECTES

STOCKING LAKE BELOW THE NORTH SIDE OF ACRODECTES

CLOSE-UP OF THE NORTH SIDE OF ACRODECTES

VIEW SOUTH PAST BLACK AND MARY AUSTIN TO UNIVERSITY PEAK AND WILLIAMSON FROM THE EAST RIDGE OF ACRODECTES

SCRAMBLING ALONG THE EAST RIDGE OF ACRODECTES

ANOTHER VIEW OF SCRAMBLING ALONG THE EAST RIDGE OF ACRODECTES

LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE EAST RIDGE OF ACRODECTES

SOME COLORFUL LICHEN ON THE EAST RIDGE OF ACRODECTES

LOOKING DOWN THE GULLY THAT MEETS THE EAST RIDGE OF ACRODECTES

SORT OF OFF ROUTE AT THIS POINT

SOUTH TO THE GWD AND THE KING SPUR PEAKS

MT CLARENCE KING (12,861 FT)

NORTH TO THE PALISADES FROM THE TOP OF ACRODECTES

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEEPER SNOW SLOPES

STOCKING LAKE ON THE WAY DOWN

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RETURN ROUTE ONCE BELOW STOCKING LAKE

MORNING DAY 4 ON THE WAY BACK UP TO SAWMILL PASS

LOOKING BACK INTO UPPER WOODS LAKE BASIN

LAST VIEW OF ACRODECTES

ANOTHER FAREWELL VIEW OF ACRODECTES

WOODS LAKE BASIN FROM SAWMILL PASS

THE NORMALLY NON-DESCRIPT NORTH SIDE OF BAXTER

THE OLD BARELY LEGIBLE AND THE NEW PARK BOUNDARY SIGNS AT SAWMILL PASS

ANOTHER VIEW OF BAXTER PEAK FROM SAWMILL PASS

A BEAUTIFUL MORNING AT SAWMILL PASS

JUST BELOW THE EAST SIDE OF SAWMILL PASS

WHAT'S LEFT OF MULE LAKE (POND)

LICHEN AND UN-NAMED POINT FROM JUST ABOVE MULE LAKE

OUT OF THE CANYON AND DESCENDING INTO THE DESERT

SOLITARY PINE STANDING TALL

SAWMILL PASS TRAILHEAD AT THE END OF THE DAY


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