Pictures of Mt Ericsson from Roads End and down to Harrison Pass

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From start to end

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Panorama towards Lake Reflection and Milly's Pass


Towards Lake Reflection

Towards Lake Reflection

Towards Lake Reflection

Towards Lake Reflection


Looking back (north) to Mt Gardiner

Towards Lake Reflection

At Lake Reflection

At Lake Reflection


Lake Reflection from the northern tip


Looking west from Lake Reflection: Longley Pass

The lower part of Lake Reflection

West to Longley Pass

Ascending towards the chute


The chutes to the Kings-Kern Divide are behind this ridge, Milly's Pass is up the saddle to the right


The chutes to the Kings-Kern Divide

Across the lake

Longley Pass

The chute to the KK Divide


Longley Pass and Mt Brewer

Towards the chute

Milly's Pass to the south

Mt Brewer above Reflection Lake


Lake Reflection, Mt Brewer, etc


Weyman's chute


View to the west


Upper lakes before Milly's Pass

Weyman's chute (the "screwdriver" is a good reference point)

Weyman's chute

Looking down to Lake Reflection


Lake Reflection

Lake Reflection and the chute

Weyman's chute

The "screwdriver"


Looking down at the mouth of the chute

Weyman's chute

Looking down at the mouth of the chute

The last section of the chute


The screwdriver from the top of the chute

Mt Brewer, Lake Reflection, etc

Top of Weyman's chute


View west from the top of the chute


View of Mt Ericsson from the top of Weyman's chute (Lucy's pass is in between)


Looking south towards the Kern River


The route to the top of Mt Ericsson

The crags to the left of Lucy's Pass

Mt Ericsson (it is disputed whether the summit is the real summit - i think they are the same height for all practical purposes, but the left one is the official one)

Mt Ericsson from Lucy's Pass


Mt Ericsson from Lucy's Pass

Lake at the southern base of Lucy's pas

Big cairn to mark lower Lucy's Pass


Wildflowers

The dramatic chute of Lucy's Pass

Big cairn to mark upper Lucy's Pass


The view west from Lucy's Pass


Southern side lakes (Kern side)

Southern side lakes (Kern side)

Lucy's Pass and Weyman's chute

Towards the summit of Mt Ericsson


The Kern drainage

Towards the summit

Lucy's Pass and Weyman's chute

Mt Brewer and North Guard


Milestone Peak, Midway, Table

Milestone Peak, Midway, Table

Mt Genevra and Milly's Pass


The summit

I aimed for this barricade and then climbed left

Other peaklets

Other peaklets


Summit

The descent to Harrison Pass


View west to Mt Stanford, Harrison Pass and Caltech Peak


Mt Whitney

The traverse from Caltech Peak to Gregory's Monument

Almost at the top

Turkey volture at the summit


Summit

Mt Williamson and Whitney

Milestone Peak, Midway, Table Mt


The Great Western Divide


Mt Stanford to Caltech Peak again


Looking back to Milly's Pass and the lakes underneath

Caltech Peak and Lake South America

The chute to Harrison Pass is to the right and everything else is class 5


Descending to Harrison Pass

Descending to Harrison Pass

Mt Stanford, Gregory's Monument and Harrison Pass

Mt Stanford north ridge


Class-4 chimney to the top

Class-4 chimney

The chute to Mt Ericsson


Route to the top

Route to the top

Up to Harrison Pass


The view south as you are going up towards Harrison Pass

Up to Harrison Pass

Harrison Pass

The chute to Mt Ericsson from Harrison Pass

Video from the top of Mt Ericsson


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(Copyright © 2015 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me