Pictures of West Tyndall via Forester Pass, Eastern Sierra

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Highlights

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From start to end

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Kearsarge Pass trailhead	Kearsarge Pass trailhead

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Kearsarge Pass trail	Kearsarge Pass trail	Kearsarge Pass trail	Kearsarge Pass trail

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Kearsarge Pass trail	Kearsarge Pass trail	Kearsarge Pass trail	Junction for Matlock Lake

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Towards Kearsarge Pass	Towards Kearsarge Pass	Towards Kearsarge Pass	Towards Kearsarge Pass

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Towards Kearsarge Pass	Towards Kearsarge Pass	Towards Kearsarge Pass	Kearsarge Pass

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The western side of Kearsarge Pass	The western side of Kearsarge Pass	The western side of Kearsarge Pass	The western side of Kearsarge Pass

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Junction with the Rae Lakes trail	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes

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Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes

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Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes

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Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Kearsarge Lakes	Multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances

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Junction with Kearsarge Pass trail	Turn left	Junction with Bubbs Creek trail	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	10,000 Feet sign	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass

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The old fence	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	10,000 Feet sign	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass

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Towards Forester Pass	Towards Forester Pass	The trail to Forester Pass	The trail to Forester Pass

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The trail to Forester Pass	The trail to Forester Pass	Forester Pass from the north

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View north from Forester Pass

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Junction Peak	Forester Pass	Junction Peak	Forester Pass

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South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass

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South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass

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South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass	South of Forester Pass

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South of Forester Pass	On the PCT trail south	Caltech Peak	On the PCT trail south

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On the PCT trail south	West Tyndall in the distance	On the PCT trail south

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West Tyndall from the north	The saddle from the north	West Tyndall from the north

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Up towards the saddle

The use trail

Diamond Mesa and north

The use trail to the saddle

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Lots of loose rock

Lots of loose rock

And flowers

Climbing

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Climbing

Climbing

The little hills by the John Muir Trail

The saddle

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The Great Western Divide

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Great Western Divide

The plateau of the Wright Lakes

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Climbing

Climbing

The "gate"

Through the gate

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Lots of false summits

Mt Whitney in the distance

Lots of false summits

Lots of false summits

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North of the Diamond Mesa

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Mt Whitney in the distance

Still a lot of false summits

Still a lot of false summits

Still a lot of false summits

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The wide chute to lake 3645

The wide chute to lake 3645

The wide chute to lake 3645

Almost at the summit plateau

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The plateau around the Diamond Mesa

Looking back at Shepherd Pass and Mt Keith

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Panorama north

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The Great Western Divide

ALmost at the summit plateau

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Looking back at the false summits

Finally the summit plateau

Summit plateau

Summit plateau

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The summit

The summit

Summit register

Where the register is

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Mt Tyndall

Mt Tyndall

Tyndall and Williamson

Williamson

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Lake 3645 and Williamson

Lake 3645

The spine with all the false summits

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Video from the top

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