Pictures of Mt Goethe via Piute Pass

(Copyright © 2024 Piero Scaruffi)
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Highlights


From start to end

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The Piute Pass trailhead

The Piute Pass trailhead

The Piute Pass trailhead

The Piute Pass trailhead


The route

Red mountain

Red mountain

Red mountain


Waterfall

First lake at sunrise

The trail

First lake


Second lake

Above the second lake


Wild flowers

Wild flowers

Wild flowers

Wild flowers


Second lake panorama


Towards the pass

Towards the pass

The two lakes from above

Towards the pass


The lakes from above

The two lakes

The two lakes

The two lakes


View of the other side of Piute Pass


The faint trail to Muriel Lake

Occasionally very visible


Piute Pass and Mt Humphries

Piute Pass

Muriel Lake

Muriel Lake


Muriel Lake

Muriel Lake

Muriel Lake

Ascend the slope but avoid getting to that bastion


The use trail occasionally appears

Muriel Lake from above

Muriel Lake and Mt Humphries


Muriel Lake from above

Muriel Lake from above

Muriel Lake and Mt Humphries


Entering the Goethe Cirque

Goethe Lake

The Cirque

Goethe Lake and Humphries


The isthmus of Goethe Lake and first views of Mt Goethe and the pass

Ascending from the isthmus: Mt Humphries reflected in Goethe Lake

Mt Humphries

The cirque


The pass

Goethe lake

The pass

Goethe Lake from above


Goethe Lake from above

Goethe Pass (aka Alpine Col)

Bouldering of the left side

Goethe Lake


Goethe Lake

Mountains to the west

The cirque


Mt Goethe

Mt Goethe

Goethe Lake and mountains to the west


Two ways to the pass

Coasting the lake

The use trail occasionally reappears

Goethe Lake from above


Another way to the pass: coasting the lake

Coasting the lake

From the lake shore to the pass

Two ways to the pass


Another way to reach the pass

Straight up

Straight up

Another way to reach the pass


Another way to reach the pass: cross the slab on that groove and then just go straight up


Goethe Pass (Alpine Col)

The ridge to Mt Goethe

Goethe Lake

At the pass


The pass from above

The pass and Muriel Peak

Goethe Lake and mountains to the northwest

Mt Lamarck and lakes on the other side of the pass


Lake on the other side

Mt Lamarck

Mt Lamarck and Mt Darwin in the back

Mt Darwin


Mt Darwin and Mendel

Ascending Mt Goethe

Ascending Mt Goethe

Ascending Mt Goethe


Almost at the top

The summit

The summit

No register


Mt Humphries in the distance

Lake of the other side


Panorama west and north


Lakes west of Piute Pass

The cirque from above

Mt Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel and lakes of the southern side


View south


Mt Darwin

Mountains nearby

Goethe lake and Muriel lake


Lakes west of Piute pass

From Goethe Lake to Mt Humphries

Goethe Pass and Muriel Peak

Not trivial to cross into the canyon south of Muriel Peak


Muriel Peak

The summit again

Video from the top

(It begins with the cirque of Mt Goethe and zooming into the lakes between Piute Pass and Mt Goethe and on Mt Humphries)

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(Copyright © 2024 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me