Pictures of Whitney Portal to Wright Lakes

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Click here for the route from Whitney Portal to Wallace Lake

The route (click to enlarge)

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

Looking south (Whitney in the back)

Towards the Wright Lakes

West Tyndall and mountain north of it

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

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


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