(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me
Notes of this trip
| Back to California hikes | Pictures of the world Mt Russell's north face from the north |
 Mt Muir from the Russell-Carillon Pass |
 Mt Whitney from the Russell-Carillon Pass |
 How steep it is going down from the Russell-Carillon pass to Tulainyo |
 The Whitney-Russell Pass |
 The Eastern Ridge with the false peak, the Eastern Peak and the northern ridge |
 The beginning of the Northern Ridge route |
 The beginning of the Northern Ridge route |
 The Tulainyo Lake bowl |
 The Tulainyo Lake bowl |
 The Tulainyo Lake bowl |
 Mt Williamson |
 Staring straight to Mt Williamson one finds a way to get into the bowl |
 Descending into the bowl |
 Descending into the bowl |
 Descending into the bowl |
 Descending into the bowl |
 Descending into the bowl |
 Looking back at the Russell-Carillon Pass |
 Further east is the Clyde Pass that comes up from Lower Boyscout Lake |
 The Northern Ridge |
 The Eastern Ridge |
 The Northern Ridge |
 The Eastern Ridge |
 Eastern |
 The Northern Ridge |
 The Northern Ridge |
 Last lake and Eastern Ridge |
 Eastern Ridge with the false summit and the East Peak |
 Eastern Ridge where the "blade" is |
 Lake Tulainyo and Clyde Pass |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Lake Tulainyo |
 The Russell-Carillon Pass from the north |
 Looking north to Lake Wales |
 Looking west to the West Peak and to Peak 4,245 |
 Looking south (up) to the end of the Northern Ridge (the East Peak) |
 Looking down into a chute coming up from the last lake |
 Northern Ridge and East Peak |
 Another scary chute |
 Another scary chute |
 Lakes to the north |
 Another scary chute |
 Another scary chute |
 The Northern Ridge |
 The blade of the Eastern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 Ascending the Northern Ridge |
 A peaklet on the way |
 A view of the blade from the west |
 A view of the blade from the west |
 Icebert Lake and the Whitney-Russell Pass |
 The Southern route |
 The Southern route |
 Towards the West Peak |
 The East Peak |
 Towards the West Peak |
 Towards the West Peak |
 Mt Whitney |
 View north |
 View west |
 View east |
 Iceberg Lake and Whitney-Russell Pass |
 View north |
 Mt Williamson |
 Register at the top |
 Somebody stole the pen (last climber who signed: Camilo Pavone) |
 View north |
 Upper Boyscout Lake and Iceberg Lake |
 Mt Muir from Mt Russell |
 Mt Whitney |
 The summit block of the West Peak with the register |
 Use-trail to the right of the West Peak |
 Use-trail to the right of the West Peak |
 The West Peak from the Northern Ridge |
 The Russell-Carillon Pass |
 The only difficulty on the Northern Ridge was this pinnacle |
 The route to the Clyde Pass from Lower Boyscout Lake |
 The route to the Clyde Pass from Lower Boyscout Lake |
 The route to the Clyde Pass from Lower Boyscout Lake |
 Mt Russell's north ridge from the north |
 Mt Russell's two peaks from the north |
 Mt Russell's two peaks from the north |
 Mt Russell's north face |
(Copyright © 2007 Piero
Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me