Pictures of Mt Hawkins

(Copyright © 2010 Piero Scaruffi)
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The last campground
The road by the campground (last legal place to park overnight)
No overnight parking beyond this point
The tiny parking lot at the trailhead

The trailhead by the road, just before the dam
The trail
Lake Sabrina's resort
Lake Sabrina's resort

Lake Sabrina's resort
Lake Sabrina and White Mountains
Lake Sabrina
First view of Mt Darwin (tiny highest point)

Lake Sabrina
Lake Sabrina

Sunrise over Lake Sabrina
Sunrise over Lake Sabrina
Sunrise over Lake Sabrina
Sunrise over Lake Sabrina

Mountains to the northwest of Lake Sabrina
Mt Haeckel from Lake Sabrina
Mountains to the northwest of Lake Sabrina
Mountains to the west of Lake Sabrina

Mountains to the west of Lake Sabrina
Mountains south of Lake Sabrina
Lake Sabrina
The trail

Blue Lake
Blue Lake
Blue Lake
Blue Lake

Blue Lake
Blue Lake
Mountains southwest
Mountains southeast

Mountains southeast
Mt Darwin from Blue Lake

Crossing to the other side
The trail
To Dingleberry Lake
The trail

Towards Dingleberry Lake
Towards Dingleberry Lake
Dingleberry Lake
Mountains from Dingleberry Lake (Mt Haeckel is the highest)

Mountains from Dingleberry Lake
Dingleberry Lake
Dingleberry Lake
Fork to Midnight Lake and Hungry Packer Lake

Dingleberry Lake
Dingleberry Lake
Crossing Dingleberry Lake
Crossing Dingleberry Lake

Towards Midnight Lake
Towards Midnight Lake
Towards Midnight Lake
Fork to Midnight Lake or Hungry Packer Lake


Mt Darwin's East Face
The chute to ascend from Midnight Lake
Mt Darwin and Midnight Lake
AScending the chute

Midnight lake
Mt Darwin
Mt Hawkins and Mt Darwin
Ascending the chute

Ascending the chute
Midnight Lake and Dingleberry Lake
Owens Valley and the White Mountains to the east

Midnight Lake

East face of Mt Darwin
Mountains to the north of Dingleberry
Mountains to the north of Dingleberry

Ascending the chute
First view of Hungry Packer Lake at the top of the chute
The chute behind me

Hungry Packer Lake to the left
Ascending the crest (Haeckel on the upper left, the pinnacle on the right)
Hungry Packer Lake
View of the top of chute as it splits the crest in two

The waterfall that feeds Hungry Packer Lake
The waterfall that feeds Hungry Packer Lake
The waterfall that feeds Hungry Packer Lake
Mt Haeckel top right

The valley up to the Haeckel-Darwin pass (Haeckel on the left, Hawkins on the right)
Midnight Lake to Dingleberry Lake
Midnight Lake to Dingleberry Lake to Owens Valley
Mt Hawkins to the right

Midnight Lake from past the pinnacle
The steep chute to Midnight Lake
Midnight Lake to Owens Valley
Moonlight Lake, east of Hungry Packer Lake and higher of it

... way higher
and mountains behind it
Last view of Midnight Lake
First lake in the valley

But there are many little ponds
The pinnacle behind me (the steep chute is on its left, the crest and mild chute are behind it)
Second lake and Mt Haeckel
Second lake

Second lake
Both lakes before the waterfall
The pinnacle
The southern ridge to Haeckel

Mountains behind me
Lakes behind me
Lakes behind me
Lakes behind me

Last lake and Mt Haeckel
Up the chute towards Mt Hawkins
Up the chute towards Mt Hawkins
Mt Haeckel and Mt Wallace to its right

Up the chute
Mt Haeckel and Mt Wallace
Mt Haeckel
At the crest

A pass to the left
The other side

The other side (the slope goes down to Evolution Lake)

The chute on the other side
The chute on the other side
The crest to Mt Hawkins

Mt Darwin and Mt Hawkins
Mt Darwin
Ascending Mt Hawkins
Ascending Mt Hawkins

The Palisades in the distance
Mt Haeckel and Mt Wallace
The last lake at the foot of Mt Haeckel
The other side of the Haeckel-Darwin Pass

Mt Wallace
and its glacier
Ascending Mt Hawkins
Ascending Mt Hawkins

The chute behind me
The summit
Mt Darwin

The rib that leads from Mt Hawkins to Mt Darwin
A chute to go down the other side
The other side
The other side going down to Evolution Lake

View west from the top

Mt Wallace and the Haeckel-Darwin pass
The wall between the Haeckel-Darwin pass and "the other side"
The other side towards Sapphire lake (John Muir trail)

The other side towards Sapphire lake (John Muir trail)
Mt Haeckel and the last lake
Mt Wallace and the Haeckel-Darwin pass
Lake to the right of Spencer

Palisades
Palisades to the left and far to the right Williamson
Haeckel-Darwin pass to the left, Mt Hawkins crest and the wall to the right
The summit

Mt Darwin's east face
Mt Darwin's east face
Blue Heron Lake
Mt Lamack in the distance, Lamarck Pass, and the route to the Darwin glacier (lower half)

Rib from Hawkins to Darwin
I didn't find a register so i started one
I didn't find a register so i started one

Hungry Packer Lake and its higher eastern neighbor, Moonlight Lake
Blue Heron Lake to Owens Valley
Hungry Packer Lake and its higher eastern neighbor, Moonlight Lake
Blue Heron Lake

Owens Valley and the white mountains from Mt Hawkins' top

The vertical northern side of Mt Hawkins
The vertical northern side of Mt Hawkins
One of the two chutes to go down to Blue Heron Lake

The lake on the other side
The chute
A bit too steep
The lake on the other side

Mt Hawkins' vertical northern side
Mt Hawkins' vertical northern side
Another chute
This one is aligned with Haeckel's nothern ridge

The lake on the other side
Blue Heron Lake
Blue Heron Lake
The chute

The glacier
The glacier
The glacier
Mt Darwin's east face

The chute
Mt Darwin's east face

More lakes on the way down
More lakes on the way down

More lakes on the way down
More lakes on the way down
More lakes on the way down
More lakes on the way down

More lakes on the way down (Topsy Turvy?)
More lakes on the way down
More lakes on the way down
More lakes on the way down

Following the creek
Following the creek
Following the creek
Following the creek

Following the creek
Following the creek
Following the creek

Mt Hawkins and Mt Darwin
Lake Sabrina

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(Copyright © 2010 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me