The official trail is not much of a trail |
View of Onion Valley from the trail |
The trail as it dead-ends at Lake Robinson |
At Lake Robinson |
At Lake Robinson |
Lake Robinson |
Lake Robinson |
Towards University Pass |
Towards University Pass |
Towards University Pass |
Towards University Pass |
Towards University Pass |
Lake Robinson from above |
Up University Pass |
Up University Pass |
Up University Pass |
University Peak in the background |
Up towards the pass |
Up towards the pass |
Up towards the pass |
Up towards the pass |
Where the chute splits, stay to the right |
Up towards the pass |
Up towards the pass |
Up towards the pass |
Wildflowers |
First view of the mountains on the other side |
Looking back |
Looking forward: Junction Peak, Mt Stanford and Center Peak in the center |
Mt Keith |
Mt Keith (with the north ridge very visible) |
Mt Keith's chutes of the west face |
Descending from University Pass |
Panorama from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Descending from University Pass |
Panorama coming down University Pass |
Center Basin below University Pass |
West |
Mt Keith |
The entrance to the chute to University Pass |
The two granite fans and to the left the chute to University Pass |
The chute is not as steep as it looks from afar |
Towards the northern ridge |
Towards the northern ridge |
Towards the northern ridge |
Towards the northern ridge |
Towards the northern ridge |
University Pass chute |
Center Peak and its lake |
Towards the northern ridge |
Center Peak and its lake |
Towards the northern ridge |
Center Peak and lakes |
Looking back at Center Basin |
The moraine to the cirque |
The easiest route |
Looking back at Center Basin |
The western wall and Junction Peak behind it |
The upper section of Center Basin |
The upper section of Center Basin |
Up the moraine |
Center Basin |
The false summit and the real summit |
Center Basin |
Towards the cirque |
The eastern wall |
The cirque and the false summit |
The cirque and the false summit |
The cirque |
The chute to the summit |
The chute to the summit |
Another lake, invisible down below |
Looking back (University Peak in the middle) |
Passing the false summit to the right |
To the real summit |
To the real summit |
Lower and upper peaks |
First view east of Owens Valley |
The lower peak |
The real summit |
University Peak |
Lower peak of Mt Keith |
Mt Williamson |
Mt Whitney |
Mt Tyndall |
Williamson, Whitney, Tyndall and Shepherd Pass |
The summit |
Down below |
Center Basin |
Junction Peak (and behind it Milestone Peak) |
Mt Stanford |
Mt Stanford |
USGS marker |
Summit register |
Note how often people summit Mt Keith... |
Panorama from Mt Tyndall to Mt Stanford |
Junction Peak to Mt Stanford |
Center Basin |
Center Basin |
Shepherd Pass |
Mt Williamson, Langley, Whitney and Tyndall in the same picture |
Higher lakes of Center Basin |
Shepherd Pass |
Western face of Mt Keith |