Telescope Peak from Dante's View |
Telescope Peak from Dante's View; the route from Shorty's Well to the summit |
The "trailhead" at Hanaupah Rd |
Beginning of Hanaupah Rd at 3am |
Entering the canyon (the moon up in the sky) |
Entering the canyon |
Dawn |
Up the canyon |
Up the canyon |
The apparent dead-end (it's actually a right bend) |
The right bend |
Telescope Peak still very far (and high) |
Official end of the road |
Cactus |
The route |
Up the canyon |
Up the canyon |
Some kind of monument |
Vegetation... which means "water" |
Up the canyon |
The spring |
The trail to Shorty's mine |
Looking back |
Shorty's mine |
Shorty's mine |
Shorty's mine |
The saddle, the last ramp, the peak, and the two ways to the saddle: left via the dirt road or right via the sandy slope and the ridge |
The saddle |
Beginning of the road |
Climbing towards the saddle |
Climbing towards the saddle |
Climbing towards the saddle |
Climbing towards the saddle |
Climbing towards the saddle |
The saddle |
Looking back at the ridge and the drainage |
Looking back at the creek's drainage |
The saddle |
At the saddle |
At the saddle |
In the foresty plateau |
Great views of Badwater |
In the foresty plateau |
In the foresty plateau |
The route to the top |
The route to the top |
Cactus |
Climbing towards the trail |
Climbing towards the trail |
Cactus |
The foresty plateau, the ridge, Badwater |
Badwater |
Climbing towards the trail |
Climbing towards the trail |
Climbing towards the trail |
Climbing towards the trail |
Badwater, the ridge, the forest, the last steep climb through annoying brush |
Badwater and the route to the top |
On the trail coming from Mahogany Flats at 17:00 |
On the trail |
The trail coming from Mahogany Flat |
On the trail |
On the trail |
On the trail |
On the trail |
View of Badwater and the canyon where i came from |
False summit |
False summit |
The Summit (18:00) |
The Summit |
The Summit |
View of Badwater |
View west |
Western view |
Comind down from Telescope Peak |
Comind down from Telescope Peak |
Telescope Peak |
Mahogany Flats trailhead for Telescope Peak (21:00) |