Pictures of West Tyndall, Eastern Sierra
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From start to end
(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures)  Stock trailhead for Shepherd Pass |
 Towards the official trail |
 Towards the official trail |
 Crossing the creek |
 Joining the official trail on the other side of the creek |
 On the official trail |
 Wilderness sign |
 On the trail |
 First creek crossing |
 The creek |
 Second creek crossing |
 Second creek crossing |
 Second creek crossing |
 The trail |
 The mountains ahead |
 Third creek crossing |
 Third creek crossing |
 The route to the saddle |
 Fourth creek crossing |
 Towards the saddle |
 Towards the saddle |
 Towards the saddle |
 The saddle |
 The saddle |
 The saddle |
 The second saddle |
 The second saddle |
 Towards the third saddle |
 Towards the third saddle |
 Towards the third saddle |
 The third saddle |
 The Shepherd Creek |
 The Shepherd Creek |
 Down the trail |
 Down the trail |
 Down the trail |
 Shade at the bottom of the saddles |
 The creek |
 The creek |
 The creek |
 A tributary |
 A tributary |
 Waterfalls by the trail |
 Waterfalls by the trail |
 Manzanita garden |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Where the trail collapsed |
 Where the trail collapsed |
 Where the trail collapsed |
 Towards Anvil Camp |
 Anvil Camp |
 More creek crossings |
 Towards the Pothole |
 Towards the Pothole |
 Pothole |
 Pothole |
 Pothole |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Towards the pass |
 Shepherd Pass from below |
 Shepherd Pass from below |
 Shepherd Pass from below |
 Looking down |
 The final section to Shepherd Pass with snow |
 Looking up (bypassing the snow) |
 Shepherd Pass |
 Shepherd Pass |
 Mt Tyndall |
 West Tyndall |
 Mt Tyndall and West Tyndall |
 On the trail |
 Entering Sequoia National Park |
 On the trail |
 The Great Western Divide |
 On the trail |
 Milestone Peak and Table Mt |
 Milestone Peak |
 The Great Western Divide |
The Great Western Divide |
 Leaving the trail |
 Leaving the trail |
 Leaving the trail |
 Leaving the trail |
 Great Western Divide |
Diamond Mesa |
 Looking back at the pass (Mt Keith sticking out in the distance) |
 Shepherd Pass |
 Caltech Peak in the distance behind the Diamond Mesa |
 Starting to climb West Tyndall |
 West Tyndall's northwest face |
 West Tyndall's northwest face |
 Lots of loose rock |
 Lots of loose rock |
 And flowers |
 Climbing |
 Climbing |
 Climbing |
 The little hills by the John Muir Trail |
 The saddle |
 The Great Western Divide |
 Great Western Divide |
 The plateau of the Wright Lakes |
 Climbing |
 Climbing |
 The "gate" |
 Through the gate |
 Lots of false summits |
 Mt Whitney in the distance |
 Lots of false summits |
 Lots of false summits |
 North of the Diamond Mesa |
 Mt Whitney in the distance |
 Still a lot of false summits |
 Still a lot of false summits |
 Still a lot of false summits |
 The wide chute to lake 3645 |
 The wide chute to lake 3645 |
 The wide chute to lake 3645 |
 Almost at the summit plateau |
| The plateau around the Diamond Mesa |
 Looking back at Shepherd Pass and Mt Keith |
 Panorama north |
 The Great Western Divide |
 ALmost at the summit plateau |
 Looking back at the false summits |
 Finally the summit plateau |
 Summit plateau |
 Summit plateau |
 The summit |
 The summit |
 Summit register |
 Where the register is |
 Mt Tyndall |
 Mt Tyndall |
 Tyndall and Williamson |
 Williamson |
| Lake 3645 and Williamson |
 Lake 3645 |
 The spine with all the false summits |
Video from the top
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