Hiking Mt Keith via University Pass
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From start to end
(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures)  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 |
Video from the top of Mt Keith
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