Hiking Split Mt via Mt Cardinal
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(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures)| Below is the hike to Split Mt via Taboose Pass and Cardinal Mt. For the route via Red Lake, click here |
 To the Taboose Pass trailhead |
 To the Taboose Pass trailhead |
 To the Taboose Pass trailhead |
 To the Taboose Pass trailhead |
 To the Taboose Pass trailhead |
 To the Taboose Pass trailhead |
 The four-way junction |
 Your road to the trailhead is 11S04 |
 Your road to the trailhead is 11S04 |
 TO the right is 11S101 |
 TO the right is 11S101 |
 To the left 11S02 |
 To the left 11S02 |
 Taboose Pass trailhhead |
 The trailhead |
 The general direction to Taboose Pass |
 The trailhead/parking lot |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Berries |
 Berries |
 Round mushroom |
 Owens Valley |
 Berries |
 Berries |
 Berries |
 Towards Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Waterfalls |
 Waterfalls |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
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 More rapids/falls |
 More rapids/falls |
 Almost at Taboose Pass |
 Moon over Taboose Pass |
 Looking back at the rocks |
 Looking back at the route |
 Looking back at the route |
 Looking back at the rocks |
 Looking back at the rocks |
 Looking back |
The moon over Taboose Pass |
 Taboose Pass |
 Taboose Pass |
 Taboose Pass |
 Lake at the pass |
 Signs at the top |
 Taboose Pass |
 Taboose Pass |
 The USA still uses feet! |
 Taboose Pass |
 The western side of the pass |
 A possible shortcut to reach the north side of Split Mt |
 Looking west: Bench Lake on the left |
 From Cardinal to Taboose |
 The John Muir trail is down there |
 Turning right |
 Stay high |
 Looking back at the turn |
 Palisades in the backround |
 Palisades in the backround |
 Mt Sill to the right |
 Towards Upper Basin |
 Deer |
Deer |
 Deer |
 Cardinal and Split behind it |
 Down to the creek |
 In the valley looking north |
 Corner mountain across the valley |
 In the valley looking northeast |
 From Cardinal (foreground) to Split/Prater |
 Looking back to Cardinal |
 Split Mt |
 Northeast |
 Panorama northeast towards Mather Pass |
 Upper Basin |
 Upper Basin |
 Split Mt |
 The John Muir trail turns left towards Mather Pass |
 Looking north towards Mather Pass |
 Split Mt |
 The way to the top |
 The way to the top |
 Up the north face of Split Mt |
 Up the north face of Split Mt |
 Up the north face of Split Mt |
 Up the north face of Split Mt |
 Up the north face of Split Mt |
 The summit |
 The summit |
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View north (Palisades) from the summit |
 View south (Whitney) from the summit |
 View west |
Plateau to the northwest |
 Mountains northeast of chute |
 View north |
 USGS Marker |
Click here for better pictures from the top (and from the route via Red Lake) |
View from Split Mt (video)
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