Hiking from Bishop Pass to Thunderbolt Peak, Palisades

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Entering Dusy Basin

View north

Agassiz's lake on the south

Mt Agassiz at sunrise


Mt Agassiz from Bishop Pass

The Agassiz Lake and the snow patch

The Agassiz lake

Coasting Agassiz


Coasting Agassiz

Coasting Agassiz

Agassiz

Agassiz


The moraine that goes to the pass

Agassiz

Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Pass


Western ridge of Dusy Basin

Western ridge of Dusy Basin

Western ridge of Dusy Basin

Western ridge of Dusy Basin


West Isosceles Lake

West Isosceles Lake

West Isosceles Lake

Dusy Basin


West Isosceles Lake

West ridge of Dusy Basin

Dusy Basin

Dusy Basin


Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin

Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin

Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin

Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin


Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin

Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin

Panoramic: from Isosceles Pk to south Dusy Basin

Isosceles and its east lake


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TOwards Thunderbolt Pass

TOwards Thunderbolt Pass

TOwards Thunderbolt Pass


Dusy Basin

Bishop Pass

Winchell

Dusy Basin


The moraine that goes to the pass

Agassiz and Winchell

Winchell

Winchell


The way up from the East Isosceles Lake

Thunderbolt Pass

Unnamed peak between Winchell and Thunderbolt Peak


Winchell

Agassiz

Dusy Basin

Isosceles


Wildflowers

The way up from East Isosceles Lake

The way down to East Isosceles Lake from Bishop Pass

Chute up Agassiz


Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Pass and moraine

Dusy Basin

Right under Thunderbolt Peak's small western glacier, 100 meters from the pass


Almost at Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Pass


Opposite the Palisades

Thunderbolt Pass

The Palisades on the south side of the pass

The Palisades on the south side of the pass


Boulders

Panoramic: Isosceles to Bishop Pass from Thunderbolt Pass

Panoramic: Isosceles to Bishop Pass from Thunderbolt Pass

Panoramic: Isosceles to Bishop Pass from Thunderbolt Pass


View west from Thunderbolt Pass

Dusy Basin

The moraine

Panoramic of the Palisades Basin: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass


Panoramic: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass

Panoramic: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass

Panoramic: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass

Panoramic: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass


Panoramic: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass

Panoramic: southwest of Thunderbolt Pass

Lake below Thunderbolt Peak

Thunderbolt Peak, Starlight Peak and North Palisade


The route from Bishop Pass to East Isosceles Lake to Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Pass from the south

Winchell and Agassiz from Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Peak


Thunderbolt Pass from the south side

Thunderbolt Pass from the south side

Thunderbolt Pass from the south side

from Thunderbolt Pass


North Palisade from Thunderbolt Pass

Southwest Chute 1

Southwest Chute 1

Base of North Palisade


Towards the Southwest Chute 1 of Thunderbolt Peak

Towards the Southwest Chute 1 of Thunderbolt Peak

Towards the Southwest Chute 1 of Thunderbolt Peak

Towards the Southwest Chute 1 of Thunderbolt Peak


Up the chute

Thunderbolt Pass from the chute

Up the chute

Up the chute


Up the chute

Up the chute

Up the chute

The first chockstone that blocks the chute


Bypassing the chockstone

Bypassing the chockstone

Bypassing the chockstone

Bypassing the chockstone


Looking down

Looking down

Looking west

Looking up


Looking up

Looking up

Looking down

Looking up


Looking down

Back into the chute

Up the chute

Up the chute


Up the chute

Looking down

Right at the split


The split

The split

Looking up


From the chute

From the chute

From the chute

From the chute


Up the chute

The last chockstone

The view on the other side of the chockstone (east)

Lightning Rod (Thunderbolt Peak's lower peak)


The Palisade Glacier and three of the seven lakes

Mt Gayley

The abyss towards the Palisade Glacier

Looking up


Looking up

Lakes east

Looking up

The way up


The way up

The way up

Lightning Rod

Summit block


Summit block

Summit block

Both peaks (Lightning Rod and Thunderbolt)

Starlight (North Palisade) from Thunderbolt


Another way to get to the top

Another way to get to the top

North Palisade from below Thunderbolt Pass (up from Barrett Lake)

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