 Palisades trailhead |
 Palisades trailhead |
 Palisades trailhead |
by piero scaruffi | Mt Sill hiking notes | Other California destinations
Palisades trailhead |
Palisades trailhead |
Palisades trailhead |
 Split Mt from Big Pine |
 The Palisades from Big Pine |
 Ridges before the Palisades |
 Ridges before the Palisades |
 Glacier Lodge down below |
 Mt Gayley and Mt Sill begin to appear |
 Mt Gayley and Mt Sill begin to appear |
 Picnic area down below |
 Junction with the Lower Trail (that goes to the Lodge) |
 Junction with the Lower Trail (that goes to the Lodge) |
 The Palisades in the distance |
 The First Lake |
 The Second Lake |
 The Third Lake and Mt Sill behind it |
 The Third Lake as the trail goes up |
 The Meadow |
 Meadow and Mt gayley |
 To the glacier |
 Meadow from above |
 Mt Gayley, Mt Sill and Palisades |
 Mt Sill and Palisades |
 The three lakes |
 The first three lakes |
 The other lakes across the mountain |
 The other lakes across the mountain |
 The trail to the glacier |
 The trail to the glacier |
 Mt Sill appears beyond the ridge |
 The Palisades glacier is visible from the ridge |
 North Palisade |
 Lake of the glacier below |
 Mt Sill, V Notch, U Notch, North Palisade |
 The Palisades |
 Getting there involves coasting the crater over talus rock and then finding a way to cross the ice to the left without slipping down |
 The route: when the talus rocks ended, I worked my way up the dark strip, then moved to the right to another much thinner strip that went straight to the base of Sill |
 Approaching Mt Sill |
 Approaching Mt Sill |
 I can almost touch the North Palisade |
 The U Notch |
 At the base of Apex Peak |
 At the base of Apex Peak |
 Last stretch |
 Last stretch |
 View from the top |
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