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The beginning of the Mt Russell hike is the Mount Whitney's north-fork (mountaineering) trail. Here you find the pictures from Upper Boy Scout lake up the southern gulley to Mt Russell down the western gulley.
 The Mt Russell route below Upper Boyscout Lake on the northern side |
 The Mt Russell route below Upper Boyscout Lake on the northern side |
 The wall of rocks at the beginning of the Mt Russell route |
 A use trail turns to the right of these |
 The use trails to climb Mt Russell (from the saddle above Upper Boyscout Lake) |
 The use trails to climb Mt Russell (from the saddle above Upper Boyscout Lake) |
 The trail you make is the trail you take |
 Views of Whitney |
 Up the gulley |
 The view below |
 The ridge of the plateau (climb to the left of the Petra-like rock to the right of this picture |
 I stayed to the left of this |
 The view below |
 I aimed for that little pass |
 View of a lake that one doesn't see from the north-fork trail |
 The "pass" getting closer |
 but I stayed to the right of this monolith |
 Then went straight up |
 The gulley below |
 And suddenly the plateau and Mt Russell |
 Mt Whitney |
 Mt Whitney |
 Mt Whitney |
 Mt Carillon to the right |
 Mt Carillon to the right |
 The saddle between Russell and Carillon |
 The place where i emerged from the gulley |
 Approaching the east ridge of Mt Russell |
 Approaching the saddle |
 Russell's east ridge from the saddle |
 The saddle |
 The unnamed lake right below the northern side of Russell |
 Lake Tulainyo, the highest lake in the contiguous USA (3906m) |
 Mt Russell's east ridge from the saddle |
 The view north from the saddle |
 View behind |
 Hiking up Russell's East Ridge |
 View north |
 The way down to Upper Boyscout Lake |
 Up the east ridge |
 Up the east ridge |
 The view down |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 Towards the East Summit |
 The East Summit and (behind it) the West Summit |
 The East Summit |
 The blade to the West Summit |
 The blade to the West Summit |
 The West Summit |
 Lake Tulainyo |
 VIew from East Summit |
 VIew from East Summit |
 VIew from East Summit (Iceberg Lake) |
 The blade and West Summit |
 The blade and West Summit |
 West Summit |
Ascending the Eastern Summit |
Ascending the Eastern Summit |
Ascending the Eastern Summit |
Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Ascending the Eastern Summit |
 Eastern and Western summits |
Some terrifying drops |
Mt Jepson and Mt Sill? |
Eastern and Western summits |
Upper Boyscout Lake |
Mt Whitney from Mt Russell |
Iceberg Lake |
Upper Boyscout Lake and Iceberg Lake |
Mt Whitney's chute from Mt Russell |
Mt Whitney's chute from Mt Russell |
Mt Williamson's northwestern route from Mt Russell |
Mt Williamson's northwestern route from Mt Russell |
 Mt Carillon |
 Mt Carillon |
 View from Mt Carillon |
 View from Mt Carillon |
 Mt Russell from Mt Carillon |
 View from Mt Carillon |
 View from Mt Carillon |
 View from Mt Carillon |
 Mt Whitney from Mt Carillon |
 Down the gulley below the east ridge |
 Mt Whitney |
 Mt Russell from below |
 Down the western gulley |
 Down the western gulley |
 Down the western gulley |
 Down the western gulley |
 Down the western gulley |
 The gulley above me |
 The wall to my right |
 Mt Whitney |
 The gulley above me |
 The gulley above me |
 First view of Upper Boyscout Lake |
 The gulley above me |
 I had to go around this wall of rocks |
 Further down the gulley |
 Further down the gulley |
 Almost at the bottom of the gulley into the canyon |
 The dry lake in the canyon |
 The gulley behind me |
 The canyon in front of me |
 After the dry lake |
 Below the dry lake |
 Where does the water come from? |
 Upper Boyscout Lake |
 Further down |
 Upper Boyscout Lake |
 Further down, the waterfall near the lake |
 Upper Boyscout Lake |
 Upper Boyscout Lake |
 Mt Russell's southwestern route from above Iceberg Lake |
 Mt Russell's southwestern route from Whitney's mountaineering route |
 Mt Russell from the Whitney chimney |
 Wales Lake and Mt Russell |
(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal
restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me