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 Parking area |
 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 |
 End of the trail: cross the swamp to the waterfall chute to the upper Meysan Lake |
 The waterfall chute to the upper Meysan Lake |
 The waterfall chute to the upper Meysan Lake |
 The waterfall chute to the upper Meysan Lake |
 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 |
The Waterfall Pitch route
 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 |
The northern route to the top
 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 |
Movie of the summit view
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