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