Leaving the Avalanche Gulch trail in the southeast direction |
Crossing from boulders into forest |
Crossing from boulders into forest |
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Notes of this trip
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Leaving the Avalanche Gulch trail in the southeast direction |
Crossing from boulders into forest |
Crossing from boulders into forest |
Towards the first lake and first view of the "oblique pyramid" |
The meadow in the dry season |
The meadow in the dry season |
Climbing the wall of boulders above the meadow |
Climbing the wall of boulders above the meadow |
The meadow |
The meadow |
Almost at the top of the wall of boulders |
Lake 1 |
Lake 1 |
Lake 1 |
Lake 1 |
Coasting the lake to the west |
Coasting the lake to the west |
Coasting the lake to the west |
Lake 2 |
Lake 2 |
Cliffs you want to avoid |
Lake 2 |
Lake 2 |
Walking around the cliffs |
Lake 2 |
Towards the oblique pyramid |
Lake 3 |
Lake 3 |
Looking back at Lake 3 (the use trail) |
Lake 3 |
Lake 4 |
Lake 4 |
Lake 4 |
Lake 4 |
Coasting the oblique pyramid to the right (western canyon) |
Lake 4 |
Lake 3 |
Lake 3 |
Lake 3 |
Lake 4 and the junction with Lake 3 |
Up the western canyon |
Lake 4 |
The oblique pyramid |
Lake 4 |
Up the western canyon |
Lake 5 |
Lake 5 |
Lake 5 |
Lake 6 |
Up the western canyon |
Lake 6 |
Lake 6 |
Lake 6 |
Lake 6 |
Sphinx Pass |
The last pond |
Western wall |
Sphinx Pass |
The last three lakes |
Sphinx Pass |
The last three lakes |
Sphinx Pass |
Sphinx Pass |
Sphinx Pass |
Looking back to the Sphinx basin |
Sphinx Pass |
Sphinx Pass |
Sphinx Pass |
Looking back one last time |
First view of Mt Brewer |
 The view on the other side (Mt Brewer and, in the distance, South Guard) |
Mt Brewer |
The lake to the immediate south of Sphinx Pass |
The ridge separating the Brewer drainage from Sphinx Pass |
North Guard |
Lake under Sphinx Pass |
Lake under Sphinx Pass |
Lake under Sphinx Pass and Mt Brewer (looking east) |
Big Brewer Lake |
Mt Brewer |
Mt Brewer |
Big Brewer Lake |
Big Brewer Lake |
Big Brewer Lake |
The drainage below Big Brewer Lake |
Big Brewer Lake |
Big Brewer Lake |
A last look to Mt Brewer |
Going down the drainage |
Going down the drainage |
A look back at where the Big Brewer Lake is |
Going down the drainage |
Going down the drainage |
Going down the drainage |
Going down the drainage |
Coasting to the north of this ridge |
The lake underneath |
Coasting the ridge to the north |
 Nice bark |
Nice bark |
The Avalanche Pass trail is somewhere down there |
The forest underneath |
Cross country in the north direction |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass (first view of Mt Palmer) |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Mt Palmer |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
 Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
 Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Cross-country towards Avalanche Pass |
Found the Avalanche Pass trail |
A real trail after so much cross-country hiking |
The last meadow |
Towards Avalanche Pass |
Towards Avalanche Pass |
Avalanche Pass |
Avalanche Pass |
(Copyright © 2007 Piero
Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me