Pictures of Bishop Pass to the Palisades

(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi)
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Start here with the Bishop Pass trail



The trail and Agassiz where you leave it

A route to go around Agassiz


Agassiz

Mt Agassiz from Bishop Pass

Mt Agassiz


The route to Thunderbolt Pass

Agassiz

Mt Winchell


Dusy Basin

Isosceles Lakes

Mt Winchell and Thunderbolt Pass


Dusy Basin panorama from southwest (Isosceles Peak) to northwest


Eastern Isosceles Lake

East Isosceles lake


Panoramic of the lakes from southwest to northwest


Dusy Basin

Dusy Basin

Mt Winchell

Dusy Basin


Dusy Basin

Looking back to Bishop Pass

Mt Darwin towering over Bishop Pass

Dusy Basin


Dusy Basin

Thunderbolt Pass

Thunderbolt Peak before Thunderbolt Pass


Thunderbolt Peak before Thunderbolt Pass

Isosceles lakes

Isosceles lakes

Isosceles lakes from Thunderbolt Pass


Thunderbolt Pass and the Barrett Lakes

Thunderbolt Pass

The North Palisade from Thunderbolt Pass

The southwest chute to Thunderbolt Peak


The southwest chute to Thunderbolt Peak

The North Palisade from Thunderbolt Pass

The North Palisade from Thunderbolt Pass

Looking south from Thunderbolt Pass


Barrett Lake

Looking southwest from Thunderbolt Pass

Barrett Lake

The southwest chute to Thunderbolt Peak


Chutes

Chutes

North Palisade

Chutes


North Palisade

Thunderbolt Pass from North Palisade

Thunderbolt Pass from North Palisade

Thunderbolt Pass and Mt Darwin


Black stain of the North Palisade

Looking back to Thunderbolt Pass

Chutes

Chutes


Chutes

Barrett lakes

Black stain

Black stain


Black stain

Looking south

Cliffs of the North Palisade

Cliffs of the North Palisade


The first chute

Barrett lakes

Thunderbolt Pass

Looking south


The first chute (not the right one)

Thunderbolt Pass and Mt Darwin

Barrett lakes

Approaching the North pal chute (before the granite slabs)


A shortcut to the chute

The chute to the U-Notch

The U-Notch chute

The U-Notch chute is beyond this granite slabs


The shortcut to the U-Notch chute

The U-Notch chute

The U-Notch chute

North Palisade walking south


One way to enter the chute

The easier way to enter the chute

Beginning of the North Pal chute

North Pal chute from below


Further south towards Potluck Pass

Further south towards Potluck Pass

Further south towards Potluck Pass


Further south towards Potluck Pass (Mt Sill is behind these peaks)

Further south towards Potluck Pass

Further south towards Potluck Pass

North Palisade from south


Towards Potluck Pass

Towards Potluck Pass

Barrett lakes

View south


Coasting the North Palisade and Polemonium

The view southwest (west of Potluck Pass)

North Palisade from the south

Details of the North Palisade's west face


Thunderbolt and North Palisade from the south

South of North Palisade (Mt Sill is on the other side of this "pass")

Potluck Pass

Peak east of Potluck Pass ("Peak 13962", sometimes wrongly assumed to be Polemonium Peak)


Thunderbolt and North Palisade

North Palisade

Potluck Pass

The southeastern chute of the North Palisade from the south

Continue: Thunderbolt Peak | U-Notch | North Palisade | Mt Sill


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(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me