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HIGH SIERRA: MOUNT MILLS : up one side and down another ~ May 2021(39) images

Have always wanted to climb Mills particularly after seeing it from the summit ridge of Abbot in 2012. Like others I would prefer to do the North Couloir but the approach is long. In this case I got my wish but having climbed the left hand East Face gully, I was not at all interested in descending the same way. That left few choices. Since I'd always wanted to see the Fourth Recess and it was only 9am when I summited, I decided to down climb the North Couloir and wrap around back to Mono Pass the long and scenic way. That it was. Left the truck at 3:30am and got back at 7:30pm. Sixteen miles / 16 hours. What a day.  

View Trip Map for loop details and campsite locations

PRE SUNRISE COLOR ABOVE RUBY LAKE

SUNRISE ON THE EAST FACE OF MT MILLS

SUNRISE ON ABBOT AND MILLS

LOOKING BACK AT RUBY PEAK

THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH FACE OF DADE

ANOTHER VIEW OF DADE AND ABBOT

A VIEW OF THE ROUTE I TOOK ON THE EAST FACE OF MILLS

THE RIGHT HAND GULLY ON THE EAST FACE OF MILLS

ABBOT AND THE PETIT GRIFFON

LOOKING OVER AT DADE FROM THE APPROACH TO MILLS

STARTING UP THE LEFT HAND GULLY ON THE EAST FACE OF MILLS

VERY AESTHETIC START TO THE LEFT HAND GULLY

MID WAY UP THE LEFT HAND GULLY ON THE EAST FACE OF MT MILLS

LOOKING DOWN THE LEFT HAND GULLY ON THE EAST FACE OF MT MILLS

ONCE THE SNOW PART OF THE GULLY ENDS YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH THIS OPTION

LOOKING DOWN THE TOP OF THE LEFT HAND GULLY

AT THE TOP OF THE LOOSE NON-DESCRIPT SECTION

LOOKING DOWN THE FINAL SNOW SLOPE FROM THE SUMMIT RIDGE

FINAL MOVES ONTO THE FLAT SUMMIT OF MT MILLS

LOOKING OUT THE 4TH RECESS TOWARDS RED & WHITE MT TO THE NORTH

LOOKING DOWN THE NORTH FACE COULOIR ON MT MILLS

LOOKING OVER AT THE IMPRESSIVE NORTH FACE OF GABB

LOOKING NORTH OUT THE 3RD RECESS

LOOKING AT THE NORTH SIDE OF ABBOT FROM NEAR THE TOP OF MT MILLS

LOOKING UP THE NORTH COULOIR OF MT MILLS

THE LOWER HALF OF THE NORTH COULOIR ON MT MILLS

A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE CIRQUE AT THE BASE OF THE NORTH FACE OF MILLS

THE NORTH FACE OF MT MILLS

THE MIDDLE OF THE 4TH RECESS

SNOW LAKES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 4TH RECESS

4TH RECESS LAKE BELOW THE HEADWALL

THE HIDDEN SNOW GULLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HEADWALL

LOOKING BACK AT THE HEADWALL FROM 4TH RECESS LAKE

MT MILLS NORTH FACE FROM THE MONO PASS TRAIL

STILL FROZEN TRAIL LAKES

DADE AND ABBOT FROM SUMMIT LAKE AT MONO PASS

APPROACHING THE FINAL RISE TO TOP OF MONO PASS

END OF THE DAY VIEW OF BEAR CREEK SPIRE, DADE AND ABBOT

LATE EVENING LIGHTING ON MT MORGAN


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