Pictures of Banner Peak

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Highlights

From start to end

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The turnoff to Agnew Meadow

Confusing signs at the trailhead

River trail

Almost at 1,000 Island Lake

Banner Peak

Looking north

Banner Peak

Banner Peak and 1,000 Island Lake

Banner Peak and lake

Thousand Island Lake from the eastern side

The lake from further up

Up towards Catherine Lake

Ascending towards Catherine Lake

Catherine Lake

Banner Peak on the left and Mt Ritter on the right

Looking back

Catherine Lake

Banner and Ritter

Catherine Lake

The chute and the saddle

Looking down into the chute

The chute and the saddle

Looking down into the

Almost at the saddle

The saddle and Ritter

Mt Ritter and the saddle

First view of the summit (all the way up to the left)

Catherine Lake and north

The chute going down to Ediza Lake

CAtherine Lake and north

Towards the main chute of Banner

Looking down into the main chute

Up the main chute

Almost at the summit (the real summit is to the right)

The summit

Thousand Island and Garnet lakes

Garnet

Thousand Island

Mono Lake

Nydiver Lakes and Ediza lake

Thousand Island and Garnet lakes

Nydiver lakes, to the right Ediza lake and in the distance Shadow Lake

Cabin lake

The real summit

Thousand Island Lake

Banner Peak

Banner Peak's summit

1,000 islands

Thousand Island Lake from the western side

Thousand Island lake from the south

Thousand Island Lake from the south

Garnet lake

Garnet Lake from the north

Garnet Lake

Banner Peak and behind it, in the clouds, Mt Ritter

Garnet lake

Footbridge at the eastern tip of Garnet Lake