Mt. Sill From Highway 395 |
Mt. Sill and the Sill Glacier |
View of the Palisades Region from Glacier Lodge |
I have not changed much since 1975 - have I? |
At the start of the journey |
I didn't bother with cooking gear |
Water was easy to find on the lower slopes |
Now Playing: "When You're Falling" by Peter Gabriel |
View up the South Fork of Big Pine Creek |
View up the North Fork |
Sections of the trail had a multitude of wildflowers |
Wildflower |
Wildflower |
Indain Paintbrush |
Bigalow Sneezeweed |
Aspen Leaf |
Aspens, about 9,000 feet |
Mini-fall along the trail |
Lake filled with glacial sediments |
Temple Crag at sunset |
Starry view from my sleeping bag |
Dawn |
Dawn in Reflection |
Looking back toward my campsite |
Reflection at Sam Mack Meadow |
Above Sam Mack Meadow |
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View of Galey and Sill (the latter in the background) |
Columbine |
Mt Galey and its glacier viewed from the edge of a glacial morrain |
A duck (marker made from rocks) shows the way up the morrain |
Last wildflowers |
Viewpoint of the Palisades Glacier, 12,500 feet above sea level |
The Palisades |
Lightweight crampons |
The crampons expand! |
Yes, sharp! |
Steep |
Moving up the Palisade Glacier |
At the base of the L-Shaped Glacier |
View up the "L-Shaped" Glacier |
Looking down the L-Shaped Glacier |
I meet Javier near the crux of the climb |
Javier, Steve and Dan |
North Palisade and Palisade lacier in reflection |
Climbing can be a colorful sport |
Safety items |
Steve |
Steve anchors Dan |
Dan heads up the crux move, Steve belays |
Dan is feeling good |
Advancing up the ridge to the summit |
Dan farther along the ridge |
A few minutes more climbing..... |
Javier tops out |
Javier on top |
Summit Register |
Summit Portrait (thanks, Javier) |
Javier photographs me photographing him - Pano |
Palisade peaks and the Palisade Glacier - Pano |
Somehow it seemed easier coming up |
Two small climbers, one large mountain |
Looking at North Pal and Starlight Peaks |
Javier |
Steve is ready to descend |
Ice axe - tool of the trade |
Putting on traditional crampons |
Clipping into the rope for safety down the glacier |
Dropping down the L-Shaped Glacier |
On the L-Shaped Glacier |
On the "L" Shaped Glacier, Mt. Sill, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California |
I was glad we were on the rope... |
My new friends carried a lot of climbing gear |
Water was in short supply |
Looking at the Palisades Glacier |
Palisade Glacier and mountaineer |
Coming off the Palisade Glacier |
My turn to carry the rope |
View up the way we had come |
Above the lake at the base of the glacier |
Steve relaxes |
Dan and Javier head up to their high camp |
Last Light - Pano |
Sunset over the Palisades |
Last view of Mt. Sill - Pano |
Next time this might be the way to go |