Shorty's Well to Telescope Peak, Death Valley
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From start to end
(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures) Telescope Peak from Dante's View |
 Telescope Peak from Dante's View; the route from Shorty's Well to the summit |
 The "trailhead" at Hanaupah Rd |
 Beginning of Hanaupah Rd at 3am |
Entering the canyon (the moon up in the sky) |
 Entering the canyon |
 Dawn |
 Up the canyon |
 Up the canyon |
 The apparent dead-end (it's actually a right bend) |
 The right bend |
 Telescope Peak still very far (and high) |
 Official end of the road |
 Cactus |
 The route |
 Up the canyon |
 Up the canyon |
 Some kind of monument |
Vegetation... which means "water" |
 Up the canyon |
 The spring |
 The trail to Shorty's mine |
 Looking back |
 Shorty's mine |
 Shorty's mine |
 Shorty's mine |
 The saddle, the last ramp, the peak, and the two ways to the saddle: left via the dirt road or right via the sandy slope and the ridge |
 The saddle |
 Beginning of the road |
 Climbing towards the saddle |
 Climbing towards the saddle |
 Climbing towards the saddle |
 Climbing towards the saddle |
 Climbing towards the saddle |
 The saddle |
 Looking back at the ridge and the drainage |
 Looking back at the creek's drainage |
 The saddle |
 At the saddle |
 At the saddle |
 In the foresty plateau |
 Great views of Badwater |
 In the foresty plateau |
 In the foresty plateau |
 The route to the top |
 The route to the top |
| Cactus |
 Climbing towards the trail |
 Climbing towards the trail |
 Cactus |
 The foresty plateau, the ridge, Badwater |
Badwater |
 Climbing towards the trail |
 Climbing towards the trail |
 Climbing towards the trail |
 Climbing towards the trail |
 Badwater, the ridge, the forest, the last steep climb through annoying brush |
 Badwater and the route to the top |
 On the trail coming from Mahogany Flats at 17:00 |
 On the trail |
 The trail coming from Mahogany Flat |
 On the trail |
 On the trail |
 On the trail |
 On the trail |
 View of Badwater and the canyon where i came from |
 False summit |
 False summit |
 The Summit (18:00) |
 The Summit |
 The Summit |
 View of Badwater |
 View west |
 Western view |
 Comind down from Telescope Peak |
 Comind down from Telescope Peak |
 Telescope Peak |
 Mahogany Flats trailhead for Telescope Peak (21:00) |
Video from the top
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