Trailhead |
Trailhead |
Half-mile sign |
Reds Meadow junction |
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Notes of this trip
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Trailhead |
Trailhead |
Half-mile sign |
Reds Meadow junction |
 Map of the region |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
 Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
 Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
 Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Towards Shadow Lake at sunrise |
Shadow Lake |
Shadow Lake |
Ritter and Banner from Shadow Lake |
Shadow Lake |
Shadow Lake |
 Flowers |
Shadow Lake |
Shadow Lake |
Shadow Lake |
Bend in the river |
Bend in the river |
Fork to Garnett Lake |
Fork to Garnett Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
 Towards Ediza Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
 Towards Ediza Lake |
Towards Ediza Lake |
Fork to the John Muir trail |
Fork to the John Muir trail |
Mt Ritter and its eastern glacier |
Ediza Lake |
Ediza Lake |
Ediza Lake |
Mt Ritter |
Mt Ritter and Banner |
Mt Ritter |
Before Mt Ritter |
Before Mt Ritter |
Ritter and Banner |
The rock to cross to the other side of the creek |
The rock to cross to the other side of the creek |
Mini-glacier below the Ritter-Banner saddle |
Towards the eastern glacier |
The class-4 chute (the shadow line) |
Flowers |
Flowers |
Ascending towards the chute |
Ritter's southeast face |
Ascending towards the class-4 chute |
Ediza Lake |
Ediza Lake |
Ascending |
The mini-glacier below |
The class-4 chute (in the shade) and the class-2 chute (with obstruction) to its right |
 The class-2 chute with obstruction |
 The class-4 chute |
 The waterfall right of the chutes |
 The waterfall right of the chutes |
The waterfall right of the chutes |
Ediza Lake |
Heading diagonally for the next creek up |
Heading diagonally for the next creek up |
Heading diagonally for the next creek up |
Heading diagonally for the next creek up |
Coasting the glacier over the "ramp" to the right |
Nydiver Lakes and Ediza Lake |
Nydiver Lakes |
In the chute next to the southeast face |
The wall to the right |
Behind me |
Almost at the eastern glacier |
Garnett Lake and Nydiver lakes |
Nydiver lakes, Ediza Lake and Shadow Lake |
Ediza Lake |
The mountain above Ediza Lake |
Iceberg Lake |
Ediza Lake |
Ritter's eastern glacier |
Ritter's eastern glacier |
Garnett and Nydiver lakes |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Nydiver lakes and Ediza and Shadow lakes |
The way behind me |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
The southeast face of Ritter |
Last view of the lakes |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
Inside Owens chute |
The eastern glacier down below |
The eastern glacier down below |
The end of the chute |
Emerging to the summit plateau |
Owens chute down below |
Iceberg Lake |
The eastern glacier from the summit plateau |
Towards the summit |
The northern glacier |
First view of the northeastern side |
The eastern glacier |
Towards the summit |
Towards the summit |
Almost at the top |
The eastern and northern glaciers |
The summit |
The summit |
The other summit |
Garnet Lake |
Nydiver and Shadow lakes |
Northern lakes |
Northern lakes |
Northern lakes |
Northern lakes |
Northern lakes |
Northern lakes |
Summit register |
Mono Lake |
Mono Lake |
The view south from Iceberg Lake to Mt Whitney |
View west |
View north |
Iceberg Lake and eastern glacier |
Garnett, Nydiver and Shadow lakes |
Northern lakes |
The summit |
Eastern glacier |
Owens chute |
Owens chute |
Owens chute |
Owens chute |
Owens chute |
Owens chute |
Owens chute |
At the end of Owens chute, stay left |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Coasting the eastern glacier |
Heading for that chute |
Leaving the eastern glacier behind |
Iceberg Lake and Minarets |
Down the chute |
Cross over diagonally towards an easier chute |
The easier chute |
The easier chute that goes up diagonally |
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