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 |
 Waterfalls at Whitney Portal |
 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 |
 Before Lone Pine Lake |
 Waterfall before Lone Pine Lake |
 The logs before Lone Pine Lake |
 Junction with Lone Pine Lake |
 At Lone Pine Lake |
 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 |
 Meadow |
 Meadow |
 Meadow |
 Meadow |
 Meadow |
 Meadow |
 Towards Mirror Lake |
 Towards Mirror Lake |
 Towards Mirror Lake |
 Towards Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake |
 The logs before Mirror Lake |
 The logs before Mirror Lake |
 The creek at Outpost Camp |
 Just before Outpost Camp |
 Crossing the creek at Outpost Camp |
 Outpost Camp |
 The creek at Outpost Camp |
 Waterfall at Outpost Camp |
 Outpost Camp |
 Meadow from above |
 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 from above |
 Meadow from above |
 Lone Pine Lake |
 Above Mirror Lake |
 Above Mirror Lake |
 Above Mirror Lake |
 Mirror Lake from above |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Towards Consultation 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 |
 Towards Consultation Lake |
 Consultation Lake |
 Consultation Lake |
 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 |
 Almost at Trail Camp |
 Almost at Trail Camp |
 Almost at Trail Camp |
 Almost at Trail Camp |
 Towards Trail Camp |
 Marmots feasting on camper's food at Trail Camp |
 Aggressive marmot |
 Trail Camp from the switchbacks |
 View from base camp |
 View from base camp |
 View from base camp |
 Base camp |
 Mt Whitney all the way to the right |
 Marmot |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Up the switchbacks |
 Poop bag left by hikers |
 View from the switchbacks |
 View from the switchbacks |
 The switchbacks |
 The handrail |
 View from the switchbacks |
 View from the switchbacks |
 Mt Muir |
 Mt Muir |
 Russell and Carillon |
 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 |
 At the Crest |
 Trail Crest sign |
 View east from the Crest |
 At the Crest |
 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 former British Empire) |
 Hitchcock Lakes from the Crest |
 Hitchcock Lakes |
 On the other side of the Crest |
 JMT junction |
 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 |
 View north |
 Mt Muir |
 Flowers |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 The brutal last 3 kms |
 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 |
 View south |
 Marmot |
 USGS marker |
 USGS marker |
 The fancy register |  The summit plaque (still in feet???) |  Marmot |
 Iceberg Lake |
 Owens Valley |
 Mt Russell |
 View south |
 View south |
 Mt Williamson |
 Mt Williamson |
 Summit plateau |
 View north |
 Rocks of the summit |
 View north |
 Keeler Needles |
 Hitchcock Lake |
 USGS marker |
 Iceberg Lake to the right, the Russell-Whitney barrier in the middle, Russell's south face to the left |
 Mt Russell and Carillon |
 The Russell-Whitney notch from Mt Whitney |
 The chute that we climbed and Iceberg Lake |
 Owens Valley and the whole mountaineering route to Mt Whitney |
 Mt Langley in the distance |
 Close-up of Mt Langley |
 Marmot |
 Mt Russell's south face |
 Mt Russell's south and east ridges |
 Panorama northwest (click to enlarge) |
 Panorama northeast to Mt Williamson (click to enlarge) |
 From the Great Western Divide to the Palisades |
 From the Great Western Divide to Mt Williamson |
 The summit house |
 The summit house |
 The summit house |
 The summit register |
 Summit sign |
 View south |
 Summit house |
 View north |
 Mt Russell, Barnard, Williamson... |
 Mt Russell |
 Mt Russell |
 Mt Williamson |
 The Barnard plateau |
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