Mt Whitney above the North Fork route from the road |
Mt Whitney and the North Fork from the road |
The waterfall at Whitney Portal |
The parking lot |
The trailhead of the mountaineering route |
The trailhead of the mountaineering route |
The trailhead of the mountaineering route |
Triple waterfall |
Triple waterfall |
Two hikers on the ledges and the overall route |
Climbing the ledges: step 1 coast the headwall to the dead end |
Climbing the ledges: step 1 coast the headwall to the dead end |
The narrow notch to the tree |
The narrow notch to the tree |
Climbing the ledges: step 1 climb the rocks |
Towards the tree |
The tree |
Step 2: the tree |
Climbing the ledges: step 2 the tree |
Climbing the ledges: step 2 the tree |
Climbing the ledges: step 3 walk along the edge |
Climbing the ledges: step 4 up |
Climbing the ledges: step 4 up |
Climbing the ledges: step 4 up |
Climbing the ledges: step 4 up |
Climbing the ledges: step 5 now you are safe |
Beyond the ledges (picture taken from the other side before the triple waterfall) |
Towards the Lower Boyscout Lake |
Towards the Lower Boyscout Lake |
The first view at dawn of Mt Whitney (all the way to the top right) |
Mt Whitney sticking out from the distance and Mt Carillon high above |
The route to Mt Whitney |
First view of Whitney from the trail before the first lake |
Mt Whitney |
Mt Muir, the Keeler Needles and Mt Whitney |
First views of Mt Whitney after the ledges and before the first lake |
Owens Valley from the first lake |
Flowers along the trail |
Owens Valley from the first lake |
Below the Lower lake |
The sign before the lake crossing (turn left here) |
View of the central falls and Whitney from the first lake |
Ditto |
The left falls from the first lake |
Just past the first lake |
The headwall to the right of the first lake |
At the first lake |
Crossing to the other side of the first lake |
Crossing the lower lake |
Crossing the lower lake |
Lower Boyscout Lake |
The vertical creekbed and the headwall to the right of the first lake |
The central falls from above the first lake |
The headwall to the right of the first lake from above the first lake |
Said headwall |
Towards the Upper Boyscout Lake |
The lower lake from above |
The trail to the upper lake |
The pyramid on the trail |
The pyramid (trail below it) |
Almost at the central waterfalls |
Almost at the central waterfalls |
Almost at the central waterfalls |
Mt Carillon in the distance |
Lower Boyscout Lake from the Pyramid |
View up from the Pyramid |
Lower Boyscout Lake from the central falls |
Well-marked route through the vegetation of the central falls |
Well-marked route through the vegetation of the central falls |
Well-marked route through the vegetation of the central falls |
The route to Mt Russell from the central falls |
The route to Mt Russell from the central falls |
The leftside falls |
The leftside falls |
The way to the canyon before Upper Boyscout Lake |
The way to the canyon before Upper Boyscout Lake |
On the other side the route to Mt Russell |
Upper Boyscout Lake and Mt Russell at the top |
Upper Boyscout Lake |
Looking down before entering the canyon |
Leftside falls from above Upper Boyscout Lake |
Almost at Upper Boyscout Lake: this is the pass towards the canyon |
The wall of Mt Russell and Mt Carillon on the other side (below Upper Boyscout Lake on the northern side) |
The saddle to the left of Upper Boyscout Lake |
A hidden lake further up to the left (seen from above, not en route) |
The saddle |
Lower Boyscout Lake from the saddle |
Climbing to enter the canyon just before Upper Boyscout Lake |
Climbing to enter the canyon just before Upper Boyscout Lake |
First view of Whitney's east face |
A cairn in white rock |
Looking back into the canyon |
Up the canyon Whitney's east face |
Close-up of Mt Whitney |
There are several use-trails inside the canyon |
Mt Whitney |
One trail is down there, one is up where i am standing |
Looking back into the canyon |
Mt Whitney |
The other side of the canyon |
The first black waterfall |
The two black waterfalls |
Mt Whitney |
View of Owens valley from the canyon |
The canyon |
The canyon |
The canyon |
By the waterfall |
By the waterfall |
By the waterfall |
Wildflowers |
Whitney's face |
Whitney's face (where the use trail starts) |
Whitney's face |
The canyon below Whitney's face |
Mt Muir |
The chute of Whitney is beginning to appear |
The use trail runs on this side |
Almost at Iceberg Lake |
The top of Whitney |
Mt Muir and the Keeler Needles |
The use trail to the chute |
Mt Russell beyond Iceberg Lake |
Iceberg Lake |
Mt Whitneys face and the east chute from Iceberg Lake |
Mt Whitney |
Iceberg Lake |
Mt Whitney |
Beginning of the "switchbacks" |
Ascending the chute |
Mt Russell's blade |
Mt Russell's blade |
Mt Russell to the east (the Russell-Whitney pass is all the way to the left) |
Iceberg Lake and Mt Carillon |
The Russell-Whitney pass |
Looking down the canyon |
Mt Russell's southern chutes |
Halfway up the gulley |
Mt Russell's southwestern route |
The chute above the "switchbacks" |
The chute above the "switchbacks" |
Mt Carillon and Iceberg Lake |
Owens Valley |
The lake in the canyon that you don't see when hiking up the canyon |
The way up after the "switchbacks" |
The rock that marks the entrance to the switchbacks when you are coming down |
Halfway up |
Halfway up |
Looking down into the chute |
Almost at the top |
Top of the chute (south) |
Top of the chute |
Top of the chute |
Mt Russell |
Mt Williamson |
End of the chute: the traverse in a year when it still had snow |
The traverse in a year without snow |
The traverse in a year without snow |
On the left, instead, the chimney (year with snow) |
The part of the chimney that is always icy |
Most people like top traverse from the left side to the right side at this point |
Lakes between Whitney and Russell |
End of the chute and Mt Russell |
Inside the chimney |
Inside the chimney |
Inside the chimney |
Mt Russell |
Looking down from the chimney |
Looking down from the chimney |
Looking down from the chimney |
Inside the chimney |
Mt Whitney's chute from Mt Russell |
Mt Whitney's chute from Mt Russell |
The traverse |
Looking back at the "gate", summit of the east chute |
View north |
View towards Mt Williamson |
Cairns along the traverse |
The west side of Russell and the Arctic Lakes |
Looking back at the gate |
View northeast |
The gate down in the distance |
Up the easiest route to the northern ridge |
View north |
The refuge at the summit 100 meters away |
Towards the first chute |
The first chute |
The summit's house from the first chute |
Going down the first chute towards the gate |
Pinnacles that mark the first chute |
The first chute and the gate at the bottom |
The third chute |
The third chute |
Going down the third chute |
Going down the third chute |
Going down the third chute |
Going down the third chute |
Back at the gate |
Climbers coming down the first chute |
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