Mt Gayley from South Fork and Glacier Notch
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Notes of this trip
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South Fork trailhead |
South Fork trailhead |
South Fork trailhead |
The south fork trail from Glacier Lodge |
The south fork trail from Glacier Lodge |
The south fork |
The south fork |
The south fork |
The south fork |
The south fork |
The south fork |
The mountain turns green in the evening |
The south fork |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
Ascending towards Willow Lake |
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The south fork |
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The south fork |
The south fork |
The south fork |
The south fork trail |
The turnout to Willow Lake |
The turnout to Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
A good place to cross the creek to the northern side (if you want to) |
A good place to cross the creek to the northern side |
A good place to cross the creek to the northern side |
A good place to cross the creek to the northern side |
A good place to cross the creek to the northern side (looking back) |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage of Willow Lake |
Ascending the drainage towards Mt Gayley |
Ascending the drainage towards Mt Gayley |
Ascending the drainage towards Mt Gayley |
Ascending the drainage towards Mt Gayley |
Palisades Crest and Scimitar Pass |
Mt Gayley |
The monument that marks the Elinor Lake canyon and Mt Gayley |
The monument that marks the Elinor Lake canyon and Mt Gayley |
Palisade Crest and Scimitar Pass |
Mt Sill in between the two |
Palisade Crest, Scimitar Pass and Mt Jepson |
Ascending |
Mt Gayley and Temple Crag |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Scimitar Pass and the Elinor Lake canyon |
Mt Sill and Gayley |
Ascending |
Mt Sill and Mt Gayley from below the glacier |
Mt Sill |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Past the Elinor Canyon |
Past the Elinor Canyon |
Past the Elinor Canyon |
Upper meadow |
Upper meadow |
Upper meadow |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Ascending |
Temple Crag |
Contact Pass |
Mt Sill |
Waterfall coming down from the Mt Sill glacier |
Mt Sill beginning to emerge |
Big white rock |
Scimitar Pass |
Mt Gayley above the waterfall |
The waterfall |
Mt Sill above the waterfall |
The waterfall |
Mt Sill |
Glacier Notch |
Mt Gayley |
Mt Sill's East Coloir |
View from Middle Palisade to Mt Sill |
Mt Sill's eastern face and chute |
The eastern chute |
The eastern chute |
Owens Valley |
Glacier Notch |
Glacier Notch |
Glacier Notch and Mt Sill |
Mt Sill |
Glacier Notch |
Ascending towards the glacier |
Palisade Crest and Scimitar Pass |
Mt Jepson |
Looking towards Middle Palisade |
Contact Pass |
Mt Sill |
Mt Sill |
Glacier Notch |
Mt Gayley |
Temple Crag |
Mt Sill |
Mt Sill |
Mt Sill |
Mt Sill's lake |
Mt Sill's lake |
Mt Gayley |
Mt Gayley |
Sill's eastern couloirs |
Mt Gayley |
The lake of the Sill glacier |
Many ways to get on Glacier Notch |
The traditional way to climb Glacier Notch |
The classic way, borderline class 4 |
The way to climb Glacier Notch |
The way to climb Glacier Notch |
The way to climb Glacier Notch |
The way to climb Glacier Notch |
Glacier Notch |
Mt Sill |
Mt Sill's eastern couloirs |
Glacier Notch |
Glacier Notch |
Glacier Notch |
Where i came from |
The lake below the Sill glacier |
Climbing Glacier Notch |
Climbing Glacier Notch |
Climbing Glacier Notch |
Climbing Glacier Notch |
Mt Gayley |
Mt Sill, L-shape couloir and Apex Peak |
Glacier Notch and Gayley |
Two lakes between Gayley and Contact Pass |
Two lakes between Gayley and Contact Pass |
Two lakes between Gayley and Contact Pass |
The top of Glacier Notch |
Mt Gayley from Glacier Notch |
Mt Sill, L-shape couloir and Apex Peak |
Mt Sill's eastern couloirs |
Looking west on Glacier Notch |
The eastern side (where i came from) |
Mt Sill and Apex Peak |
Mt Gayley and the "yellow brick road" |
Climbing the crest of Mt Gayley ("The Yellow Brick Road") |
Climbing the crest of Mt Gayley |
Climbing the crest of Mt Gayley |
Climbing the crest of Mt Gayley |
U-notch and North Palisade |
Winchell and Agassiz |
The Palisades glacier |
A very steep route that comes up from the Palisades glacier |
Thunderbolt |
North Palisade |
North Palisade and Thunderbolt |
North Palisade and Thunderbolt |
Palisades glacier and the view west |
North Palisade |
Middle Palisade from Gayley |
Middle Palisade from Gayley |
Middle Palisade from Gayley |
Mt Gayley from Glacier Notch |
Mt Gayley from Glacier Notch |
The beginning of the "Yellow Brick Road" |
The start |
The start |
Funny stone |
Yellow Brick Road |
Yellow Brick Road |
Yellow Brick Road |
Subpeaks |
Mt Sill |
East Coloir of Mt Sill |
Summit register |
Palisades |
Palisade Crest and Sill |
Glacier Notch and Sill |
View from the Middle Palisade, the Palisade Crest to North Palisade and Thunderbird |
View west (Winchell, Agassiz, etc) |
View west (Winchell, Agassiz, etc) |
View east (Palisades Crest, Mid Palisade, etc) |
Winchell, Agassiz, the glacier |
Polemonium, North Pal and Thunderbird |
From the Middle Palisade to Mt Sill |
Two of the seven lakes |
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