Pictures of Middle Palisade, Eastern Sierra

(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
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Highlights


From start to end

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Cactus flower

The Middle Palisade from the South Fork trailhead

The Middle Palisade from the South Fork trailhead


Early morning panorama from Middle Palisade to Mt Sill


Early morning panorama from Middle Palisade to Mt Gayley


Wildflowers

Willow lake


At Brainerd Lake

Brainerd Lake from above

Willow Lake


Middle Palisade and its glacier from Finger Lake

Finger Lake

Finger Lake

Finger Lake


Finger Lake

Middle Palisade from Finger Lake

Middle Palisade from FInger Lake

Finger Lake


Finger Lake

The waterfall above Finger Lake

Finger Lake

Finger Lake


The island inside Finger Lake

Finger Lake

Middle Palisade from Finger Lake


Finger Lake

Finger Lake

Finger Lake


Wildflowers

Wildflowers


Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers


Finger Lake from the deadly chute to the southeast

The southeast chute above Finger Lake

The southeast chute above FInger Lake (can you see the hiking poles of the hiker coasting the snow inside the bergschrund?)

Middle Palisade from the last lake


Middle Palisade and Clyde Peak

Approaching Middle Palisade: the rib to the left and the U-shape red rocks in the middle. The main chute is at the top of the red rocks, the Secor route to the left


Middle Palisade, rib, red-rock chute, Secor chute, etc

Mt Sill and Gayley


The last lake from the east moraine

The last lake

The way we came


The place where you cross the bergschrund

The place where you cross the bergschrund and enter the Secor chute

Up the Secor route


Up the Secor route

The Gendarme separating the main chute (left) and the Secor route (right)

The main chute coming from the red rocks

Inside the main chute


Up the main chute

Up the main chute (the summit it to the left)

Up the main chute


Almost at the top

Almost at the top

Almost at the top

At the top


The Palisades

The lakes we passed on the way up

Summit register

Best lake visible from the top


Panorama west (Palisades)


Panorama east

Video from the top - take1 | Video from the top - take1


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(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me