Pictures of Mt Sill - Bishop Pass route

(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi)
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Click here for the hike from South Lake to the Palisades


Heading towards Potluck Pass

Heading towards Potluck Pass

The ramp to Potluck Pass


A pass to the Polemonium Glacier?

Chutes of the North Palisade

The ramp to Potluck Pass

The ramp


Looking towards Thunderbolt Pass

The view south

Potluck Pass

Potluck Pass


Potluck Pass

Potluck Pass (Mt Whitney very far)

Potluck Pass

Potluck Pass


Potluck Pass

Potluck Pass

Potluck Pass

Ascending Barrett Peak


Ascending Barrett Peak

Ascending Barrett Peak

Ascending Barrett Peak

Scimitar Pass to the east


The lake south of Scimitar Pass

Mt Jepson to the east

Ascending Barrett Peak

Ascending Barrett Peak


First view of Mt Sill from Barrett Peak

Mt Jepson

Scimitar Pass and the Crest

Polemonium-Sill Glacier


The lower part of the Polemonium-Sill Glacier

View east

View east

View east


The lower part of the Polemonium-Sill Glacier

Crossing over to the northern side of Barrett Peak

Crossing over to the northern side

Looking back from the northern side


Another good place to cross over

Looking back at Barrett Peak


Scimitar Pass and Gandalf

Scimitar Pass and Gandalf

Mt Sill

Jepson and Scimitar Pass


Barrett Peak

Polemonium glacier

The deadly southwest ridge of Mt Sill

The deadly southwest ridge of Mt Sill


The deadly southwest ridge of Mt Sill

The glacier


Polemonium glacier

Polemonium glacier

View east (lower part of the glacier)

Polemonium Peak


The central chute

The central chute

The central chute

The central chute


The central chute

The central chute

The summit from the central chute

The summit from the central chute


The summit from the central chute

The summit from the central chute

The central chute

Almost at the ridge looking at Polemonium


Polemonium, North Palisade, Starlight, Thunderbolt (the Palisades) from Mt Sill

North Palisade

Thunderbolt

Winchell and Agassiz


The Palisades glacier

Mt Gayley

The route from the Palisades glacier

The summit register


The Palisades glacier

The summit

The Palisades


Agassiz and view west

Gayley and Temple Crag

The South Fork route

Summit


Panorama southeast


Palisades

Central chute

Central chute

Palisades glacier


L-coloir and Apex Peak

L-coloir and Apex Peak

View southeast (Williams and Whitney in the distance)

Palisades glacier and seven-lakes region


Palisades glacier

Palisades glacier

View from the top (west?)

The central chute

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