Pictures of Mt Cloudripper
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Notes of this trip
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Fork to Chocolate lakes
Fork to Chocolate lakes
Cloudripper in the distance (mountain on the right)
Chocolate Mountain
Chocolate Mountain reflected in Bull Lake
Bull Lake
More reflections
Wildflower
Wildflowers
Bull Lake
Wildflowers
Chocolate lake
Chocolate Mountain
The last chocolate lake
Chutes to climb the ridge
Chutes to climb the ridge
Chutes to climb the ridge
Chutes to climb the ridge
An incredible number of chutes to go up
An incredible number of chutes to go up
Clodripper's location
South of Cloudripper
South of Lake 3
Reflection in Lake 3
Cloudripper from the eastern side of Lake 3
Chocolate Mountain reflected in Lake 3
I picked the chute to the right (2B) but you can pick any of them
This is where it splits (i call them 2A and 2B)
The next chute is wider (chute 3)
Agassiz in the distance
Entering chute 2B
Chute 2B
Chocolate Mountain
Chute 2B
Chocolate Mountain and Chocolate lakes
Switching to chute 3
Chocolate 4 and the Long Lake
Bull Lake and view west
Top of chute 3
Chocolate Mt, Chocolate lakes, Bull Lake and view west
View northwest towards Long Lake and the trail to Bishop Pass
At the summit the first view of Cloudripper
At the summit the first view of Cloudripper
Chocolate Mt and lakes
Mt Agassiz
Long Lake and Bishop Pass trail
Long Lake and Bishop Pass trail
Towards the summit
Now the real summit is visible
The summit plateau
View west
View south
View south
Plateau and Cloudtipper
Chute 4 at the top
Chute 4
Chute 4
Seven lake basin from the ridge of Cloudripper
The seven lakes
The Palisades
The Palisades: Gayley, Sill, North Pal, Tunderbolt, Winchell, Agassiz
The real summit
Don't climb it from this side, of course
The plateau and view north
Palisades
Broader view of the Palisades
At the summit
At the summit
Now you can see both the Chocolate Lakes and the lakes of the Bishop Pass trail
Bull Lake and Chocolate lakes
View west
Seven lake basin
The seven lakes
Palisades
The summit with the sign
Southwest to Mt Humphries
Mt Sill
North Pal
Agassiz
Winchell
Vagabond Peak on the way to Green Lake
Various chutes coming up from Chocolate Lake 3
The register
Getting to the summit: walk to the left
Cloudripper from the plateau
Cloudripper from Vagabond Peak
Cloudripper's summit from Vagabond Peak
Last view of Cloudripper
Green Lake
Green Lake
Vagabond Peak from Green Lake
Green Lake
Vagabond Peak from Green Lake
Green Lake
The next lake down
The next lake down
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Green Lake trail
Fall colors
Fall colors
The beginning of the Green Lake at South Lake's Bishop Pass trailhead area
(Copyright © 2014 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me