by piero scaruffi | Mt Whitney hiking notes | Mt Whitney's mountaineering trail
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 Mt Whitney from Lone Pine |
 Mt Whitney from Lone Pine |
 Mt Whitney from Lone Pine |
 Mt Whitney from Lone Pine |
 Mt Whitney from Lone Pine |
 Overnight hikers campground |
 The unmarked junction with the mountaineering route coming from the Whitney Portal |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Towards Lone Pine Lake |
 Junction with Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Bureaucracy at work |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Lone Pine Lake |
 Just before Outpost Camp |
 Crossing the creek at Outpost Camp |
 Outpost Camp |
 Outpost camp |
 Outpost Camp |
 Towards Mirror Lake |
 Towards Mirror Lake |
 Almost at Mirror Lake |
 At Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Lone Pine Lake |
 Trail above Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 |  Mirror Lake |
Mirror Lake
 Mirror Lake |
 Lone Pine Lake |
 First views of Crest and Mt Muir |
 Before Consultation Lake |
 Before Consultation Lake |
 Before Consultation Lake |
 Before Consultation Lake |
 Before Consultation Lake |
 Before Consultation Lake |
 Consultation Lake |
 The trail to Base Camp |
 The trail to Base Camp |
 Towards base camp |
 Towards base camp |
 Towards base camp |
 Towards base camp |
 Towards base camp |
 Consultation Lake |
 Consultation Lake |
 Towards base camp |
 View from base camp |
 View from base camp |
 View from base camp |
 Base camp |
 View from the switchbacks |
 View from the switchbacks |
 The switchbacks |
 The handrail |
 View from the switchbacks |
 View from the switchbacks |
 Mt Muir |
 Mt Muir |
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 Mt Russell and Mt Carillon |
 Mt Muir |
 Peaklets of the Crest |
 Lakes below |
 Peaklets of the Crest |
 Peaklets of the Crest and Mt Muir |
 The Crest, 4145m |
 The Crest, 4145m |
 View from the Crest |
 The Crest, 4145m ("ft" is a unit of measurement of the ancient Roman empire that is still used in some backwards parts of the USA) |
 View from the Crest |
 Junction with the John Muir trail |
 Peaklet at the junction with the John Muir trail |
 The 96 switchbacks to the Crest |
 Guitar Lake |
 Hitchcock Lake and Guitar Lake |
 Hitchcock Lake and Guitar Lake |
 View north |
 Mt Muir |
 Flowers |
 The first view of the summit |
 Towards the summit |
 View east from between two of the teeth |
 View north |
 View north |
 Flowers |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 View from the summit |
 View from the summit |
 The summit |
 Iceberg Lake |
 View from the summit |
 View from the summit |
 View from the summit |
 The summit |
 View from the summit |
 View south |
 Marmot |
 USGS marker |
 USGS marker |
 Iceberg Lake |
 Owens Valley |
 Mt Russell |
 View south |
 View south |
 Summit plaque |
 Mt Williamson |
 Mt Williamson |
 Summit plateau |
 View north |
 Panoramic north, west to east |
 Rocks of the summit |
 View north |
 Keeler Needles |
 Hitchcock Lake |
 From the Great Western Divide to the Palisades |
 From the Great Western Divide to Mt Williamson |
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