Mt Goethe via Darwin Canyon

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The Piute Pass trailhead
The Piute Pass trailhead
The Piute Pass trailhead
The Piute Pass trailhead

Grass Lake junction (turn right)
Grass Lake junction (turn right)
Towards Lamarck Lake 1
Grass Lake?

Stay to the left towards the creek crossing
Lower Lamarck lake
Creek crossing

Towards lake 2
Towards lake 2
Lake 1 down below
Lower Lamarck Lake

Cross the creek and look at the trail on the other side
Most likely you end up here: the trail is on the other side of this hill

The trail beyond the lakes
The trail beyond the lakes
Towards Lamarck Col
The lakes and the trailhead down below

Towards the Lamarck Col
Towards the Lamarck Col
Towards the Lamarck Col
The mountains to the north

The valley down below
Towards the Lamarck Col

Upper Lamarck lake from the ridge (you see it ONLY if you climb the ridge)
Upper Lamarck lake from the ridge
Upper Lamarck Lake from the ridge
The trail down below the other side of the ridge

The trail goes to the left of the mountain that towers over Upper Lamarck Lake
The trail goes to the left of the mountain that towers over Upper Lamarck Lake
The plateau before the last one (you can't see Lamarck Col yet, nor Mt Lamarck)

Up the canyon towards Lamarck Col
Entering the Mt Lamarck plateau
Entering the Mt Lamarck plateau
Entering the Mt Lamarck plateau

The location of Lamarck Col
The first view of Mt Lamarck
Lamarck Pass/Col
Lamarck Pass is the first notch to the right of this hill (the notches to the left take you in the wrong canyon)

Lamarck Col (where the snow patch is)
Mt Lamarck
Mt Lamarck
Mt Lamarck

Lamarck Col
Lamarck Col
Boulders behind
Boulders ahead

Boulders ahead
The little lake at the bottom of Mt Lamarck

Almost at Lamarck Col
Welcome to Lamarck Col/Pass (Mt Darwin in the background)
Lamarck Col
Lamarck Col

Mt Darwin and Mt Mendel
Mt Darwin
Mt Darwin and Mt Mendel
The southern wall of Darwin Canyon

the boulders to recognize Lamarck Pass from the northern side

Lamarck Pass from the northern side (as one is descending into Darwin Canyon)

Lamarck Pass from the northern side (as one is descending into Darwin Canyon)
Lamarck Pass from the northern side (as one is descending into Darwin Canyon)
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon

Helicopter rescue (north of Lamarck Col)
Helicopter rescue (north of Lamarck Col)
Helicopter rescue (north of Lamarck Col)
Helicopter rescue (north of Lamarck Col)

Darwin Canyon

Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Looking back at Lamarck Col

Looking back at Lamarck Col
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon

Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon

Darwin Canyon
Mt Darwin and Mt Mendel
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon

Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon

Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers

Wildflowers
Wildflowers

Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers

Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
Darwin Canyon
At the bench

The lowest lake of Darwin Canyon
The lowest lake of Darwin Canyon
The lowest lake of Darwin Canyon
Entrance to the Goethe Canyon (off route!)

Darwin-Goethe canyon

Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon

Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon

Darwin-Goethe canyon
Darwin-Goethe canyon
Mt Darwin and Mendel from the north
Darwin-Goethe canyon

Alpine Col from above
Muriel Peak to the north
Goethe Lake and mountains to the northwest
Mt Lamarck and Darwin-Goethe lakes

Where we came from
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

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)

View south

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(Copyright © 2010 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me