Hiking to Scimitar Pass

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Looking west from Willow Lake: Palisade Crest, Mt Sill, Glacier Notch, Mt Gayley


Palisade Crest

Glacier Notch

The western ridge of the second canyon west of Willow Lake

Palisade Crest


Climbing the ridge

Climbing the ridge

Climbing the ridge

Climbing the ridge


Climbing the ridge

Climbing the ridge

Climbing the ridge

To the left of Palisade Crest


Elinor Lake

Glacier Notch between Sill and Gayley

Elinor Lake and Mt Gayley

Elinor Lake


View from the ridge

Glacier Notch between Sill and Gayley

Looking back where we came from

Palisade Crest and Scimitar Pass


From Elinor Lake: Palisades Crest, Scimitar Pass, Mt Jepson, Mt Sill


Climbing towards the notch

The notch

Mt Sill

The notch


The notch

The view below

Ice

Ice


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


Turning around the notch

Turning around the notch

Turning around the notch

Turning around the notch


The glacier of the Palisade Crest

The glacier of the Palisade Crest

Turning around the notch


Up along the ridge

Up along the ridge

Up along the ridge

Gandalf


The Palisade Crest


Jepson and Sill

Sill and Gayley

Scimitar Pass

The view behind


Willow Lake and nearby ponds

Palisade Crest glacier

The notch behind us

Scimitar Pass


Towards Scimitar Pass

Towards Scimitar Pass

Towards Scimitar Pass

Norman Clyde


Palisade Crest

Palisade Crest

Cairn at Scimitar Pass

Mt Jepson, Mt Sill, an unnamed peak and Polemonium Peak from Scimitar Pass


Class-3 climbing to reach the pass

Class-3 climbing

Palisade Crest at the pass

Picnic by Scimitar Pass


The ridge we came from

Mt Sill


The saddle between Jepson and Scimitar

The ramp we came up from

Palisade Crest glacier

Palisade Crest glacier


View from Scimitar Pass


The route from Scimitar Pass

Descending into the saddle between Scimitar Pass and Mt Jepson

Mt Jepson


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

Mt Jepson

Palisade Crest to the east

Palisade Crest to the east


Polemonium Glacier

The lake to the south

Descending towards the lake

Descending towards the lake


The lake to the south

Descending towards the lake

Descending towards the lake

Descending towards the lake


Descending towards the lake

The Palisade Crest from the other side

The Palisade Crest from the other side

The Palisade Crest from the other side

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(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me