Pictures of Mt Darwin via Midnight Lake and Darwin Canyon

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Click here for the first part from Lake Sabrina to Midnight Lake

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Mt Haeckel to the left

Mt Haeckel

Mt Haeckel

The Haeckel-Darwin pass

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The pass

Mt Haeckel

Mt Haeckel

Haeckel's saddle and the pass

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Haeckel

Haeckel

Lake on the other side of the pass

Mountains to the south (Mt Fiske?)

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To the southwest

To the west

Mt Fiske and Spencer Lake to the right (southwest)

View northwest

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Walking the ridge towards Mt Spencer

Mountains to the south

Southwest

Mt Spencer

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Mt Spencer

Looking for a place to cross over into Spencer Lake basin

Spencer Lake and the John Muir trail

The slope of Mt Darwin's west face (foreground)

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Mt Darwin

Mt Darwin

The chute that i used to descend to Spencer Lake

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Mt Darwin

The Spencer chute

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Southwest

Northwest

Mt Darwin

Spencer Lake

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Mt darwin

Fortress protecting the Haeckel-Darwin pass

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Spenceer lake

Spencer Lake from the south and the fortress

Mt Darwin

First view of Evolution Lake

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Where i came from

Mt Spencer

Mt Mendel to the north

Evolution Lake

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Evolution Lake

The entrance to the middle chute

Heading towards the chute

Entering the chute

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The chute dead-ends right away

Cairns point to how to climb the left side

Entering the middle chute

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Up the middle chute

Up the middle chute

Up the middle chute

View southwest

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Evolution Lake

The right-left split of the middle chute

The right-left split of the middle chute

Up the left branch

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View southwest

Evolution Lake from the chute

Up the chute

Up the chute: the Mendel-Darwin ridge

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mt Mendel

Mt Darwin

mt Mendel

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Towards the pinnacle

Looking towards Haeckel

First view of Mt Darwin's summit plateau

South

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Evolution Lake and northwest

First view of Owens Valley to the east

Mt Darwin's summit plateau

View south

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Click here for views from the top

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The right branch of the midlde chute

The left branch and the pinnacles where you climb down

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Darwin's broad west face

Darwin's broad west face

Darwin's west face

The middle chute

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The middle chute

Darwin's west face

Evolution Lake

Evolution Lake

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Mendel

Mendel

Evolution lake from the north

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Taking a right turn towards Darwin Canyon

The John Muir trail continues north

Taking a right turn towards Darwin Canyon

View south

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Mendel and Darwin

The mountain that marks the entrance to Darwin Canyon

Up towards Darwin Canyon

Up towards Darwin Canyon

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The use trail

Waterfalls of the Darwin Ledges

Waterfalls of the Darwin Ledges

Waterfalls of the Darwin Ledges

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The use trail next to the waterfalls

mt Gould

Mt Spencer

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

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Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

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Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

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Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Mt Darwin and Mendel from the north

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Detour: Darwin-Goethe canyon

Back into the Darwin Canyon

Darwin canyon

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