Pictures of Mt Russell's south face

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Highlights

From start to end

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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

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

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 Southern route

Towards the West Peak

The East Peak

Towards the West Peak

Mt Whitney

View north

View west

View east

Iceberg Lake and Whitney-Russell Pass

View north

The summit block of the West Peak with the register

Mt Williamson

View north

Upper Boyscout Lake and Iceberg Lake

Mt Muir from Mt Russell

Mt Whitney

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