Mt Sill via Scimitar Pass
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Looking west from Willow Lake: Palisade Crest, Mt Sill, Glacier Notch, Mt Gayley
South Fork trailhead
South Fork trailhead
South Fork trailhead
South Fork trailhead
South Fork trailhead
Scimitar Pass
Mid Palisade from the pass above Willow Lake (2022)
Palisade Crest to Mt Jepson
Palisade Crest, Scimitar Pass, Jepson, Sill
The Breinard-Willow sign
Palisade Crest
Mt Sill, Glacier Notch, Mt Gayley
The western ridge of the second canyon west of Willow Lake
Scimitar Pass, Jepson, Sill, Gayley
Climbing the ridge
Climbing the ridge
Climbing the ridge
Climbing the ridge
The meadow
Shortcut from the meadow to the Scimitar Pass canyon
The shortcut
Climbing the ridge
Climbing the ridge
Climbing the ridge
Middle Palisade to the left of Palisade Crest
Elinor Lake
Glacier Notch between Sill and Gayley
Elinor Lake and Mt Gayley
View from the ridge
Looking back where we came from
Palisade Crest and Scimitar Pass
Elinor Lake
From Elinor Lake: Palisades Crest, Scimitar Pass, Mt Jepson, Mt Sill
Notch, Palisade Crest, Mt Jepson, Mt Sill and Mt Gayley
Climbing towards the notch
The notch
Mt Sill
The notch
The notch
The view below
Ice
Mt Sill
Elinor Lake and nearby ponds
Icy pond
Elinor Lake
Willow Lake and where we came from
Willow Lake behind us
Mt Jepson and Mt Sill
View of the lakes from the notch
At the notch
Turning around the notch
The glacier of the Palisade Crest
The glacier of the Palisade Crest
Turning around the notch
The view up from the notch
The notch from the other side
The notch from the other side
The notch from the other side
The notch from the south (coming down from Scimitar Pass)
The notch from the south (coming down from Scimitar Pass)
Scimitar canyon down below
To the east of the notch (Mid Palisade glacier)
Lower section of the Palisade Crest
Higher section of the Palisade Crest
Option 2: Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
The same canyon on a normal snow year
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Palisade Crest
Palisade Crest
Second waterfall
Second waterfall
Quartz
Quartz
Highest waterfall
Highest waterfall
Highest waterfall
Palisade Crest from below
Giant quartz
Palisade Crest from below
Palisade Crest from below
Giant quartz
Passing by the notch
Up along the ridge
Gandalf
An endless moraine
The Palisade Crest
Palisade Crest from below
The penultimate section before Scimitar Pass
Gandalf from below (north face)
Gandalf from below (north face)
Gandalf from below (north face)
Gandalf from below (north face)
The last section before Scimitar Pass
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Up the canyon to Scimitar Pass
Scimitar Pass
Looking down
Palisade Crest
The way we came up
Mt Sill
The other side of Scimitar Pass
To recognize where the pass is
To recognize where the pass is
Impossible traverse from Jepson to Sill
Scimitar Lake
Palisade Crest from southwest
Jepson and Sill
Sill and Gayley
Scimitar Pass
The view behind
Elinor Lake
From Elinor Lake to Owens Valley
Palisades Crest
The "pass" is somewhere up there
Towards Scimitar Pass
Towards Scimitar Pass
First clear view of the pass
The broad face towards the pass
The twin towers of the Middle Palisade
Up the ridge
The pass
The Palisades Crest
Middle Palisade
The way to the Middle Palisade glacier
Jepson and Sill and Gayley to the other side
Jepson and Sill
Willow Lake and nearby ponds
Palisade Crest glacier
The notch behind us
Scimitar Pass
Last scramble towards Scimitar Pass
Last scramble towards Scimitar Pass
Last scramble towards Scimitar Pass
Norman Clyde
Looking down from the pass
At Scimitar Pass (eastern side)
Barrett Peak, Mt Jepson and Mt Sill
Mt Sill from Scimitar Pass
At Scimitar Pass (western side)
Looking down from Scimitar Pass all the way to Owens Valley
Cairn at Scimitar Pass
Mt Jepson, Mt Sill, an unnamed peak and Polemonium Peak from Scimitar Pass
Looking back at the final scramble
The pass
Palisade Crest at the pass
Scimitar Pass
The ridge we came from
Mt Sill
Mt Jepson in front of the pass
The ramp we came up from
Palisade Crest glacier
Palisade Crest glacier
View south from Scimitar Pass
Barrett Peak from Scimitar Pass
The glacier between Barrett and Sill
View south from Scimitar Pass
The route to Mt Sill from Scimitar Pass
Descending into the saddle between Scimitar Pass and Mt Jepson
Descending the west side of Scimitar Pass
Mt Jepson
The pass viewed from the other side (top right)
Scimitar Pass from the west (it is just to the left of the little pyramid)
Scimitar Pass from the saddle
Scimitar Pass from the saddle
Descending into the saddle
View south from the saddle
Mt Jepson
Mt Jepson
Mt Sill from Mt Jepson
Mt Jepson
The view south from Mt Jepson
To the west of Jepson (the Polemonium-Sill glacier)
Mt Jepson
Palisade Crest to the east
Palisade Crest to the east
Polemonium-Sill Glacier (where we are heading)
The lake to the south
Descending towards the lake
The pass from below (it's in the middle right of the picture)
Location of the pass (next to the monolith on the right)
Mt Jepson from below
The lake down below
The lake to the south
Descending towards the lake
Mt Jepson from down below
The Palisade Crest from the other side
The place where you turn right
The place where you turn right
Last look at the Crest
Up the canyon
Up the canyon
The lake down below
View down below
The moraine that we are ascending
Up the moraine
Up the moraine
Up the moraine
Up the moraine
Up the moraine
Up the moraine
The wall separating Jepson and Sill
Up the moraine
Jepson, Scimitar Pass and the Crest
Somewhere up there is the summit of Mt Sill
(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi | Legal
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If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me