Mt Sill from the South Fork of the Big Pine Creek
(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
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Notes of this trip
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Click here for the approach from Big Pine Creek's South Fork to Glacier Notch
Palisades Crest and Scimitar Pass
Scimitar Pass
Mt Sill and Apex Peak
Looking down at the eastern glacier
Mt Gayley
The Eastern Coloir of Mt Sill (in a very dry summer)
Looking down at the eastern glacier
The chute between Mt Sill and Apex Peak (L Coloir)
It gets steeper
The rock to the left is safer
Then it gets drier
Mt Sill towering on the left
North Palisade from the top of the chute
Mt Sill's western slope
The chute behind me
The L-chute (northern chute) in 2021, a very dry year
The L-chute in 2021
Up the L-chute
Gayley and Glacier Notch from the chute
Apex Peak
Going down the L-chute
Going down the L-chute
Going down the L-chute
Up the L-chute
North Pal and Thunderbolt from the Apex Peak saddle
North Palisade
Temple Craig and Owens Valley
Owens Valley
Temple Craig to Owens Valley (the way i came up)
The little notch to the western side
View of the Palisades (North Palisade, Thunderbolt, Winchell
North Pal and Thunderbolt
The ledge beyond the notch
The wall to the crest
The wall to the crest
The wall to the crest
Apex Peak
Winchell and Agassiz
From the North Palisade to Agassiz
Polemonium and North Palisade
Panorama of the Palisades from Winchell to the north
Polemonium and North Pal
Looking back at the notch
Looking down at the path to the class-4 section
Looking up at the class-4 section
If you slip... (the path is all the way to the right)
Almost at the top of the class-4 section, having passed the worst
The marker for the class-4 section
Top of the class-4 section
Barret Peak's northwestern face
The route to Barrett Peak's summit
Polemonium
Searching for a way to the summit
The marker down below
The summit is somewhere up there
Views of the Sill glacier (unamed peak)
Barrett Peak to Mt Agassiz
Barrett Peak, the Polemonium glacier and Potluck Pass
Views of the Sill glacier (Polemonium peak)
Scimitar Pass and the ridge that descends rapidly towards the lake
The summit
Owens Valley
Seven Lakes region, Gayley, Temple Crag
Palisade Crest, Scimitar Pass, Sierra south of the Palisades
Polemonium and North Palisade
Polemonium, North Palisade, Thunderbolt, Winchell, Agassiz
Southern Sierra
Split Mt and Mt Williamson?
Gayley and Temple Crag
Seven lake region
View from the top: Polemonium, North Palisade, Starlight, Thunderbolt (the Palisades)
North Palisade
Thunderbolt
Winchell and Agassiz
The Palisades glacier
Mt Gayley
The point where you reach the crest
The summit register
The Palisades glacier
The summit
The Palisades
Agassiz and view west
Gayley and Temple Crag
The South Fork route
Summit
Panorama southeast
Palisades
Central chute
Central chute
Palisades glacier
L-coloir and Apex Peak
L-coloir and Apex Peak
View southeast (Williams and Whitney in the distance)
Palisades glacier and seven-lakes region
Palisades glacier
Palisades glacier
View from the top (west?)
The central chute
Mt Sill's summit
The Palisades Glacier in 2021 (a very dry year)
Barrett and Polemonium
Palisades Crest to North Palisade
View from Agassiz to Owens Valley
The south fork route and Owens Valley
The south fork route and Owens Valley
The register
(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me