Pictures of Mt Goethe via Piute Pass
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(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures)  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)Back to California hikes
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