Hiking Split Mt via Mt Cardinal

(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
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Highlights


From start to end

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Below is the hike to Split Mt via Taboose Pass and Cardinal Mt. For the route via Red Lake, click here
To the Taboose Pass trailhead

To the Taboose Pass trailhead

To the Taboose Pass trailhead


To the Taboose Pass trailhead

To the Taboose Pass trailhead

To the Taboose Pass trailhead


The four-way junction

Your road to the trailhead is 11S04

Your road to the trailhead is 11S04

TO the right is 11S101


TO the right is 11S101

To the left 11S02

To the left 11S02


Taboose Pass trailhhead

The trailhead

The general direction to Taboose Pass

The trailhead/parking lot


Towards Taboose Pass

Towards the pass

Towards the pass

Towards the pass


Towards Taboose Pass

Towards Taboose Pass

Towards Taboose Pass

Towards Taboose Pass


Towards Taboose Pass

Berries

Berries

Round mushroom


Owens Valley

Berries

Berries

Berries


Towards Taboose Pass

Almost at Taboose Pass

Almost at Taboose Pass

Almost at Taboose Pass


Almost at Taboose Pass

Almost at Taboose Pass

Almost at Taboose Pass

Almost at Taboose Pass


Waterfalls

Waterfalls

Almost at Taboose Pass

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Almost at Taboose Pass

More rapids/falls

More rapids/falls

Almost at Taboose Pass


Moon over Taboose Pass

Looking back at the rocks

Looking back at the route

Looking back at the route


Looking back at the rocks

Looking back at the rocks

Looking back

The moon over Taboose Pass


Taboose Pass

Taboose Pass

Taboose Pass

Lake at the pass


Signs at the top

Taboose Pass

Taboose Pass

The USA still uses feet!


Taboose Pass

The western side of the pass

A possible shortcut to reach the north side of Split Mt

Looking west: Bench Lake on the left


From Cardinal to Taboose


The John Muir trail is down there

Turning right

Stay high

Looking back at the turn


Palisades in the backround

Palisades in the backround

Mt Sill to the right

Towards Upper Basin


Deer

Deer

Deer

Cardinal and Split behind it


Down to the creek

In the valley looking north

Corner mountain across the valley

In the valley looking northeast


From Cardinal (foreground) to Split/Prater


Looking back to Cardinal

Split Mt

Northeast


Panorama northeast towards Mather Pass


Upper Basin

Upper Basin

Split Mt


The John Muir trail turns left towards Mather Pass

Looking north towards Mather Pass

Split Mt


The way to the top

The way to the top


Up the north face of Split Mt

Up the north face of Split Mt

Up the north face of Split Mt


Up the north face of Split Mt

Up the north face of Split Mt

The summit

The summit


View north (Palisades) from the summit

View south (Whitney) from the summit

View west

Plateau to the northwest


Mountains northeast of chute

View north

USGS Marker
Click here for better pictures from the top (and from the route via Red Lake)

View from Split Mt (video)


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(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me