(Copyright © 2010 Piero Scaruffi)
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Notes of this trip
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The trailhead is off this road hidden in the campground |
The trailhead |
The trailhead |
After five minutes you hit the road again |
After five minutes you hit the road again: look for this sign |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Mt LeConte from the Meysan Lakes |
Lone Pine Peak reflected in a lake |
One of the Meysan Lakes |
Towards Meysan Lake |
The only junction: turn right |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Towards Meysan Lake (Mt Leconte to the left and Mt Mallory to the right) |
Lone Pine down below |
Lone Pine Peak and LeConte |
Wildlife |
Wildlife |
Groese |
Towards Meysan Lake |
Bristlecone Pine |
The waterfall in early season |
Waterfall |
Waterfall |
Waterfall |
Meysan Lake |
Meysan Lake |
The southern wall to the plateau |
The southern wall to the plateau |
Around the lake |
Around the lake |
Around the lake |
Lonely boulder by the beach of upper Meysan lake |
The plateau with LeConte to the left and Mallory to the right |
The route to the plateau |
The deadly Mallory glacier |
The lake from above |
Mt LeConte from the Meysan Lakes |
Mt LeConte from the lastlake |
The last lake |
The beach of the last lake |
Above the cliff |
Meysan Lake to Owens Valley |
Above the cliff |
Above the cliff (coast this peaklet to the left) |
The cliff from above |
The deadly Mallory glacier |
Meysan Lake to Owens Valley |
The lower lakes |
Ascending the wall to the plateau |
View of all the lakes |
The cliff that separates my chute from Secor's chute |
The last lake (you can tell where the black waterfall starts) |
Inside the chute coasting the snow |
Flowers |
The plateau |
Green stains |
The lakes below |
The western wall of the Mallory glacier |
The western wall of the Mallory glacier |
Owens Valley |
Meysan Lake |
The plateau |
Meysan Lake |
Corcoran? |
The chute from above |
Leconte |
Leconte |
The plateau and the unnamed mountain to the south |
LeConte |
The lakes below |
The chute below |
Meysan and Corcoran |
Unnamed mountain between Leconte and Mallory |
Leconte |
Leconte |
Unnamed mountain |
Unnamed mountain |
Mallory |
Leconte |
The southwestern chute of Leconte ("Waterfall Pitch" route) |
Plaque to Kyle Ebeling |
Mt Mallory across the plateau |
View south |
View south |
View south |
Owens Valley |
Mt Whitney |
Lone Pine Peak |
Lone Pine Peak |
Mt Mallory and Whitney |
The beginning of the southern chute |
The summit plateau from the base of LeConte with Whitney in the background |
Blue Sky Lake |
Blue Sky lake |
Descending the Southern chute that leads to Iridescent Lake |
Descending the chute |
Descending the chute |
Iridescent Lake visible to the left, Blue Sky Lake to the right |
Sharp left turn into the southwestern chute |
Southwestern chute |
Towards the waterfall pitch |
Luca at the waterfall pitch |
Waterfall pitch |
The class-4 section of the waterfall pitch |
Above the waterfall (if you are coming from the Laughing Dolphin, you are entering here) |
Easy scramble to the top |
My favorite boulder |
The chute from above |
My favorite boulder |
The way to the top from the Tuttle Creek route |
Corcoran and Langley |
Panorama east |
The chutes between Corcoran and LeConte with Langley in the back |
The chute to the Laughing Dolphin |
Meysan Lakes |
Panorama with Whitney, Russell and Williamson |
The eastern side of the summit block |
The summit register |
The summit |
Approaching LeConte's north side |
Approaching the groove from the plateau |
Entrance to the groove |
The groove going east |
The groove going east |
The groove going east |
The groove going east |
The northeastern route |
The problem is the exposure |
Follow the groove |
End of groove where the crack begins |
Close up of the point where the groove ends and the crack begins |
(Copyright © 2010 Piero
Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me