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Scroll to the bottom for directions to the George Creek trailhead |
 Trojan from highway 395 |
 Full moon over the destination |
 A view of the bends from above |
 At the notch |
 The George Creek drainage from the notch |
 The notch from the western side |
 The moon |
 Descending the western side of the notch |
 The route down from the notch |
 The notch |
 The waterfall at the narrows |
 Further up |
 The logjam area with wildflowers and gooseberries |
 The logjam area with wildflowers and gooseberries |
 Up |
 Up |
 Down |
 The George Creek drainage i came from |
 The George Creek drainage i came from |
 Owens Valley |
 Dead pine wood |
 The creek |
 First views of the coloir |
Click here for Mt Williamson
 Up towards the lake |
 The lake is at the bottom of the sandy strip between the two mountains |
 Up |
 If you are coming down, that's the place to cross the tributary (stay to the right of the square boulder) |
 The canyon down to Owens Valley |
 The southern wall |
 The southern wall |
 The southern wall |
 Up |
 The canyon below |
 Up towards the coloir |
 The forest below |
 Up towards the coloir |
 Up |
 First view of Trojan |
 The coloir (you are heading for the tongue of snow) |
 The forest below |
Click here for Mt Trojan
 Up |
 The borth branch creating waterfalls |
 and Mt Williamson above them |
 The broad northern George Creek drainage coming down from Williamson (top right) |
 Looking back |
 Mt Williamson |
 Williamson's chute to go down |
 The whole Williamson complex |
 Coloir |
 Coloir |
 Entering the glacier |
 The lake |
 The George Creek's birthplace |
 Coloir |
 To the left of the coloir |
 Lake |
 Lake |
 Lake |
 Up the coloir |
 Up the coloir |
 Up the coloir |
 Up the coloir |
 Up the coloir |
 Up the coloir |
 Behind me |
 Behind me |
 Behind me |
 Trojan and Williamson |
 Trojan |
 Barnard with the left (lower) and right chute (higher) |
 The saddle between Barnard and Trojan |
 Mt Williamson (the right hump is the route down to the George Creek drainage |
 Mt Williamson's southern hump |
 The way to Mt Trojan |
 The saddle between Barnard and Trojan |
 Owens Valley from the plateau |
 Approaching Mt Barnard |
 Mt Trojan |
 Up the left chute of Barnard |
 Owens Valley |
 View from the left chute: Mt Russell and Mt Whitney |
 To the left of Mt Barnard |
 Towards the summit |
 Tyndall, Keith and Williamson |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 Not many people sign this register |
 Mt Russell and Whitney |
 View south: Russell, Langley, Whitney (click to enlarge) |
 View west: The Great Western Divide (click to enlarge) |
 View northeast: Caltech Peak, Junction Peak, Tyndall, Williamson (click to enlarge) |
Descending the northwest face
 Wright Lakes |
 The descent west |
 Mt Russell, Langley and Whitney |
 Milestone, Midway, Table mountains |
 Trojan and Williamson (they look like one mountain) |
 Mt Barnard's summit from the west |
 Mt Tyndall and Mt Keith |
 Caltech Peak to Junction Peak |
 The Wright Lakes and way west |
 Kaweah range |
 Trojan and Williamson |
 Tyndall to Trojan wall |
 The steep descent to the Wright Lakes |
 Archeological ruins? |
 Archeological ruins? |
 Archeological ruins? |
 Archeological ruins? |
 Mt Barnand's summit |
 The Wright basin with Williamson in the back |
 The ledges to descend |
 The Wright Lakes |
 The ledges |
View (video) from Mt Barnard
To the George Creek trailhead (in 2012)
 As you approach from the north |
 As you approach from the south, the turnoff is just after this bridge |
 The turnoff |
 The gate across th highway |
 Turn right here |
 Four way junction: turn left |
 15-ton bridge |
 Turn right at this colossal junction |
 Turn right |
 Turn right |
 Cross the creek |
 Turn left where the car is to get on George Creek Rd |
 End of the road: turn left to the trailhead as far as you can drive |