Pictures of Middle Palisade, Eastern Sierra
(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
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Notes of this trip
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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
(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me