The route from South Lake to North Palisade |
The route from Agassiz to Thunderbolt Pass |
Winchell along the way |
Winchell and Thunderbolt |
Dusy Basin from Thunderbold Pass |
North Palisade from Thunderbolt Pass |
Thunderbolt Peak and North Palisade from Thunderbolt Pass |
North Palisade from the Barrett Lakes |
Entrance to the chute if you are coming from Thunderbolt Pass |
Entrance to the chute |
Entrance to the chute |
The first and the second chute of the North Palisade |
These granite slabs mark the U-notch chute |
The shortcut to enter the chute |
The chutes of the North Palisade |
Barrett lakes |
Knapsack Pass |
Knapsack Pass |
Entrance to the chute |
Heading for the "church" |
Before the granite slabs |
At the granite slabs |
The granite slopes |
The granite slopes |
Barrett Lakes |
Bear right from the granite slabs |
The summit |
The granite slabs |
Bear right from the granite slabs |
Up the ridge |
Up the ridge |
Ascending above the granite slopes |
Up the ridge |
Up the ridge |
Up the ridge |
End of the ridge (turn left up) |
End of the ridge (turn left up) |
The ridge from above |
The place where you climb back into the chute |
The summit from above the granite slabs |
Rocky wall coming down from North Pal |
The route |
Panorama from the U-notch chute |
Looking down at the chute from the ridge |
Cairns to mark the place where you can descend into the chute again |
Up the ridge |
The steps to the ledges (click for details) |
Towards the steps/ledges |
Towards the steps/ledges |
Look to the left for the beginning of the steps (click on image to see details) |
The lakes down below |
The beginning of the steps |
Beginning of the steps/ledges |
Beginning of the steps |
Hard to miss cairn at the beginning of the traverse |
The easy part of the traverse |
Keep following the cairns |
Keep following the cairns |
The beginning of the steps (turn left where the chute narrows) |
The steps |
The ledges |
The ledges |
The steps from above |
Dramatic exposure |
On the ledges |
On the ledges |
On the ledges |
The ledges |
End of the ledges |
Looking back at the last stretch of the ledges |
End of the ledges and beginning of the main chute |
Up the main chute |
The chockstone |
The first chockst |
Dusy Basin |
Subpeaks |
The bowl |
The bowl and the summit |
The main chute and the end of the ledges |
The left side of the bowl |
The right side of the bowl |
View down below |
The bowl |
The bowl |
The bowl |
Mid Palisade |
Mt Gayley (left) and Mt Sill (right) |
The bowl and the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
Up towards the summit |
The summit |
One USGS marker (there are two) |
Location of the register |
USGS marker |
View of the seven-lake basin |
Subpeaks |
Mt Sill |
Panorama of Barrett Lakes and Dusy Basin separated by Thunderbolt Pass |
Subpeaks between North Palisade and Mt Sill |
From the top |
From the top |
Seven lakes basin |
Panorama north |
Mt Sill |
View east |
View east (Scimitar Pass) |
View east (Owens Valley) |
Glacier Notch with almost no ice |
The white route: the way to the top, but visible only if you are all the way to the right |
The white route |
The summit block from the right side of the bowl |
North Pal from Polemonium |
View north from the seven lakes to Mt Sill |
View east of Palisade Crest |
View south |
Evolution Region |
The main chute from the top |
Lake below Scimitar Pass |
Dusy Basin |
Barrett Lakes |
Sub-peak Starlight Peak |
Sub-peaks |
Sub-peaks |
Sub-peaks |
View from the top |
View from the top |
View from the top |
View from the top |
View from the top |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |