Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
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Notes of this trip
This is not the main Mount Whitney trail.
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Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Getting to the trailhead of the mountaineering route |
The trailhead of the mountaineering route |
The trailhead of the mountaineering route |
 The trailhead of the mountaineering route |
 If instead you took the regular trail, then turn right at this sign |
 The scary sign (replaced in 2008 by bureaucratic crap) |
 The "Ebersbacher Ledges" before the waterfall |
 The waterfall that you cross (actually three waterfalls) |
 After the waterfall, towards the pile of rocks |
 The pile of rocks |
 The pile of rocks |
 Above the pile of rocks, the tree that you must climb |
 Up the ledges |
 Up the ledges |
 Towards the Lower Boyscout Lake |
 Towards the Lower Boyscout Lake |
 The view below (Whitney Portal road) |
 Towards the Lower Boyscout Lake |
 Mt Whitney |
 Mt Muir, the Keeler Needles and Mt Whitney |
 Flowers along the trail |
 Owens Valley from the first lake |
 Below the Lower lake |
 The sign before the lake crossing (turn left here) |
 Crossing the lower lake |
 Crossing the lower lake |
 Towards the Upper Boyscout Lake |
 The lower lake from above |
 The trail to the upper lake |
 The pyramid (trail below it) |
 Towards the upper lake |
 Towards the upper lake |
 The lower lake and Owens Valley |
 The route from the lower lake to the upper lake |
 The lower lake from above |
 The route from the lower lake to the upper lake |
 The route from the lower lake to the upper lake |
 The route from the lower lake to the upper lake |
 Owens Valley from Upper Boyscout Lake |
 Almost at Upper Boyscout Lake: this is the pass towards the canyon |
 The wall of Mt Russell and Mt Carillon on the other side (below Upper Boyscout Lake on the northern side) |
 The saddle to the left of Upper Boyscout Lake |
 A hidden lake further up to the left |
 The saddle |
 Lower Boyscout Lake from the saddle |
 The Boyscout Lakes basin (looking up) |
 The Boyscout Lakes basin (looking down) |
 The trail down to the Boyscout Lakes |
 The trail down to the Boyscout Lakes |
 The trail down to the Boyscout Lakes |
 The trail down to the Boyscout Lakes |
 The trail down to the Boyscout Lakes |
 The trail down to the Boyscout Lakes |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 Into the canyon |
 View of Whitney from the crater |
 View of Whitney from the crater |
 View of Whitney from the crater |
 View of Owens valley from the canyon |
 Whitney's face |
 The canyon |
 The canyon |
 The canyon |
 By the waterfall |
 By the waterfall |
 By the waterfall |
 By the waterfall |
 Wildflowers |
 Looking back into the canyon |
 Mt Whitney |
 Whitney's face |
 Whitney's face (where the use trail starts) |
 Whitney's face |
 The canyon below Whitney's face |
 Mt Muir |
 The chute of Whitney is beginning to appear |
 The use trail runs on this side |
 Almost at Iceberg Lake |
 The top of Whitney |
 Mt Muir and the Keeler Needles |
 The use trail to the chute |
 Mt Russell beyond Iceberg Lake |
 Iceberg Lake |
 The canyon below |
 The canyon below |
 Towards the chute |
 Iceberg Lake |
 Towards the chute |
 Mt Russell's southwestern route from above Iceberg Lake |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Iceberg Lake (a previous year) |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake (looking up) |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake (looking up) |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake (looking up) |
 The chute above Iceberg Lake |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Into the chute |
 Top of the chute (south) |
 Top of the chute |
 Top of the chute |
 Mt Russell's southwestern route |
 Mt Williamson |
 End of the chute: the traverse in a year when it still had snow |
 The traverse in a year without snow |
 The traverse in a year without snow |
 On the left, instead, the chimney (year with snow) |
 The first wall of the chimney, always icy (climb to its right) |
 Lakes between Whitney and Russell |
 End of the chute and Mt Russell |
 Inside the chimney |
 Inside the chimney |
 Inside the chimney |
 Mt Russell |
 Lakes between Whitney and Russell |
 Inside the chimney |
 Inside the chimney |
 Inside the chimney |
 Looking down from the chimney |
 Looking down from the chimney |
 Looking down from the chimney |
 Inside the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Up the chimney |
 Wales Lake and Mt Russell |
 The summit plateau |
 The place where to start the descent |
 The summit |
Mt Whitney's chute from Mt Russell |
Mt Whitney's chute from Mt Russell |
| More pictures of the easiest route in the chute and the chimney |
| Views from the summit |
(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal
restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me