Pictures of Whitney Portal to Mt Tyndall via Wright Lakes

(Copyright © 2020 Piero Scaruffi)
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Highlights


From start to end

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The route (click to enlarge)
Click here for the route from Whitney Portal to Wallace Lake


Rock formation above Wales Lake

The rocky route to Wallace Lake

The rocky route to Wallace Lake

The rocky route to Wallace Lake


Mt Hale

Mt Barnard and Wallace Lake

The other route to Wallace Lake is the chute to the right of the "staircase"

That is also the route down to Wales Lake (hidden behing this promontory)


Boulder on wheels

Wallace Lake

Mt Barnard

Mt Barnard and its southern twin


Towards Wright Lakes

Towards Wright Lakes

Towards Wright Lakes

Towards Wright Lakes


Towards Wright Lakes

Towards Wright Lakes (the trail coming up from the John Muir trail ends here)

The trail to JMT

Looking back to Tunnabora's lower peak


Looking back to Tunnabora's lower peak

Walls of Mt Barnard

Russell, Morgenson and Whitney

Looking back at the way we came(Russell and whitney in the background)


Towards Wright lakes

Towards Wright lakes

Looking back

Towards Wright lakes


Towards Wright lakes

Looking back

The ugly western tip of Barnard

Towards the Wright Lakes


Mt Wright (northwest of Barnard)

First view of Mt Tyndall

The saddle between Barnard and Mt Wright (Tyndall is behind this saddle)


Looking south (Whitney in the back)

Towards the Wright Lakes

Mountains north of Barnard

Tyndall


Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Tyndall and Versteg


Wright Lakes

Wright Lakes

Wright Lakes

Forest to the west


Morgenson, Whitney and Hale

Morgenson, Whitney and Hale


Great Western Divide from Barnard's western tip


Great Western Divide to West Tyndall from Barnard's western tip


From west Tyndall to Versteeg from Barnard's western tip


Wright Lakes from Barnard's western tip


View West from the western tip of Barnard


From the Wallace Lake basin to almost the Wright Lakes


Barnard to the Wallace Lake basin


Panorama of Great Western Divide (2022)


Panorama of mountains from Mt Wright (West Tyndall, Tyndall, Versteeg, Barnard)


Tyndall

Versteg

Trojan

Barnard


Versteeg

Tyndall

wright Lakes

The last lake and Tyndall


The highest lake and Mt Barnard

Up Tyndall's western slope

Looking down west

The highest lake from above


Almost at the summit ridge
See this page for pictures and video from the top of Mt Tyndall

Video of how to get to Tyndall from Whitney Portal


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(Copyright © 2020 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me