Mt Tyndall

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Notes of this trip

Highlights

From start to end

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Below are the pictures from Shepherd Pass to the summit of Mt Tyndall.
Click here to see the pictures from the beginning of the trail up to Shepherd Pass.
Mt Tyndall from highway 395
(Courtesy Paco Alfonso)
Tyndall from Shepherd Pass
(the north rib clearly visible)

Mt Tyndall from Shepherd Pass
Mt Tyndall from Shepherd Pass
The ramp that connects to the north rib of Tyndall
The ramp that connects to the north rib of Tyndall

From Kaweah to the Great Western Divide

Towards the north rib
Shepherd Pass from the north rib
Close-up of Shepherd Pass
Same view further up

Milestone Peak
Junction Peak
Mt Keith
The lake above Shepherd Pass and the tip of Mt Williamson behind it

Mt Williamson
Approaching the black rib
Milestone Peak, Midway, Table Mt
The black rib

Mt Williamson
From Caltech Peak to Junction Peak
Junction Peak
Mt Keith

The way it looks
The "rib" up ahead
The destination

Up the black rib
Junction Peak and Mt Keith
Up the black rib
Looking down

Towards the chute (to the left)
Looking down
The summit to the left
The chute towards the "gate"

Owens Valley
The chute
The summit
Looking down

The "gate"
On the ridge looking towards the summit
The landscape on the other side with the Wright Lakes, Mt Barnard and Mt Whitney
Mt Barnard and Mt Whitney

Lake 3645
The class-2 slope that leads from Lake 3645 to the ridge
The class-2 slope that leads from Lake 3645 to the ridge
lake 3645

Looking down at the black rib
Looking down at the black rib
Black rib

False summit
Real summit
Looking back at the ridge
The summit register

Williamson Bowl and Mt Williamson
Williamson Bowl and Mt Williamson
Mt Barnard and Mt Whitney

Trojan and Barnard
Mt Williamson
Milestone, Midway, Table
Junction Peak, Shepherd Pass, Mt Keith

From Kaweah to the Great Western Divide (Milestone Peak, Midway, Table Mt)

The summit
Monument
Junction Peak, Shepherd Pass, Mt Keith

From Mt Ericsson to Mt Keith)

Williamson Bowl and Williamson
Williamson Bowl
Williamson and Lake Helen
Williamson Bowl

One of the lakes
Two of the lakes
Diamond Mesa
The summit register in the 1990s

View from Mt Tyndall (video)

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(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions)
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me