Click here for the first part of the hike to Iceberg Lake | Mt Russell's southern chutes |
Mt Russell |
Iceberg Lake to the right, the Russell-Whitney barrier in the middle, Russell's south face to the left |
Mt Russell and Carillon |
The Russell-Whitney notch from Mt Whitney |
Mt Russell's south face |
Mt Russell's south and east ridges |
The notch to Mt Russell above Iceberg Lake |
Iceberg Lake |
Ascending to the notch |
Ascending to the notch |
Iceberg Lake from the notch |
The other side |
Mt Russell's south face from the notch |
There is a trail |
The notch from the other side |
A narrow chute to Upper Boyscout Lake |
Kaweah |
Ascending Mt Russell's southern chute |
The trail down below |
Mt Whitney |
Up the southern chute |
Don't take this one |
The Arctic Lake and the Kaweah group |
The Arctic Lake and the Kaweah group |
Ascending the chute |
Ascending the chute |
Ascending the chute |
Ascending the chute |
The class-4 route at the headwall |
Mt Whitney's top (you can see the people) |
The class-4 route at the headwall |
The class-4 route at the headwall |
Upper Boyscout Lake and Iceberg Lake |
Mt Muir from Mt Russell |
Mt Whitney |
The south face route from above |
The south face route from above |
The south face route from above |
The end of the south face route |
The West Peak (real summit) |
Looking towards Mt Leconte/Mallory, higher boyscout lake and Iceberg Lake |
The unnamed mountain to the immediate north of Russell |
Mt Williamson (the red chute very visible) |
View west (Whitney to the left) |
View north centered on Mt Williamson |