Showing posts with label desolation wilderness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desolation wilderness. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Pyramid Peak - Top of the Crystal Range.
Day Two or Dora's Long Walk. Sunrise on our shelf camp.
Coffee and views.
Even our shadows are nerds.
Left camp around 8am. Our first view of Pyramid Peak. Doesn't look too bad...
One of the many, "what the hell are we doing" moments.
Getting close. With Ropi Lake in the background.
On the summit. 9974' feet above Sacramento.
Lyons Creek Drainage.
Going down.
First water on the way down.
Took a break on the way down to hit the swimming spot again. Despite not being able to walk, Dora could still swim.
Back at the truck. The Survivor.
Coffee and views.
Even our shadows are nerds.
Left camp around 8am. Our first view of Pyramid Peak. Doesn't look too bad...
One of the many, "what the hell are we doing" moments.
Getting close. With Ropi Lake in the background.
On the summit. 9974' feet above Sacramento.
Lyons Creek Drainage.
Going down.
First water on the way down.
Took a break on the way down to hit the swimming spot again. Despite not being able to walk, Dora could still swim.
Back at the truck. The Survivor.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Pyramid Peak. Desolation Wilderness.
Can you see camp? (Click on the pic--It's next to the waterfall on the left of the photo.)
A couple more panos. Click for bigger view.
What a trip. One of the greatest campsites ever, but what a long, hard trek to get there. Only about eleven miles or so round trip, but almost entirely across granite and broken rock. Not much actual trail on this one.
At the bottom of Horsetail Falls.
Going up the slabs around Horsetail Falls. No trail here.
Horsetail with late summer flows.
Once above the falls, its all lakes all the time. This one is Toem Lake.
Took a swim break at Toem Lake.
And a nap break too.
The "trail".
Gefo Lake.
More scrambling on granite.
Found this amazing campsite on a shelf about halfway up Pyramid Peak. We had smooth granite to sleep on, a private waterfall, and a little moss garden. Oh, and an amazing view over the Desolation Valley towards Lake Tahoe. Such a great spot.
A couple more panos. Click for bigger view.
What a trip. One of the greatest campsites ever, but what a long, hard trek to get there. Only about eleven miles or so round trip, but almost entirely across granite and broken rock. Not much actual trail on this one.
At the bottom of Horsetail Falls.
Going up the slabs around Horsetail Falls. No trail here.
Horsetail with late summer flows.
Once above the falls, its all lakes all the time. This one is Toem Lake.
Took a swim break at Toem Lake.
And a nap break too.
The "trail".
Gefo Lake.
More scrambling on granite.
Found this amazing campsite on a shelf about halfway up Pyramid Peak. We had smooth granite to sleep on, a private waterfall, and a little moss garden. Oh, and an amazing view over the Desolation Valley towards Lake Tahoe. Such a great spot.
Toem Lake. Sierra Nevadas.
It is not summer til you've swam in a high mountain lake.
It is summer now.
It is summer now.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Mt. Price
Mount Price, Crystal Range, Sierra Nevadas. 3000' vertical feet up and back. 10 miles. 10+ lakes.
Panorama from near the summit of Mount Price.
Island Lakes with Mt. Price in the background.
A great little lake above Island Lake. Peak 9318' in the background.
Kristen picking her way through the talus with Peak 9441' looming behine. Despite its cool looking SW face, this one doesn't get much attention for some reason.
Going up...with a view past Peak 8925', Two Peaks, and Union Valley Reservoir towards the Central Valley.
On top of the pass SW of Mt. Price and above Lyons Lake.
The icy tarn beneath Mt. Price. Despite being mid-August, after one of the driest winters on record, at only 9400 feet, this little tarn was still frozen over with a thin layer of ice.
Looking north along the Crystal Range from the ascent chute.
Boulders on the way up. Our route went straight up from here to the little weak spot visible on the ridge.
Dora as near to the summit as she would get. She freaked out when we stood on the summit so we couldn't stay up there for long.
The Rockbound Valley.
Crystal Range. Aggasiz and Pyramid Peaks to the south.
Coming down.
Panorama from near the summit of Mount Price.
Island Lakes with Mt. Price in the background.
A great little lake above Island Lake. Peak 9318' in the background.
Kristen picking her way through the talus with Peak 9441' looming behine. Despite its cool looking SW face, this one doesn't get much attention for some reason.
Going up...with a view past Peak 8925', Two Peaks, and Union Valley Reservoir towards the Central Valley.
On top of the pass SW of Mt. Price and above Lyons Lake.
The icy tarn beneath Mt. Price. Despite being mid-August, after one of the driest winters on record, at only 9400 feet, this little tarn was still frozen over with a thin layer of ice.
Looking north along the Crystal Range from the ascent chute.
Boulders on the way up. Our route went straight up from here to the little weak spot visible on the ridge.
Dora as near to the summit as she would get. She freaked out when we stood on the summit so we couldn't stay up there for long.
The Rockbound Valley.
Crystal Range. Aggasiz and Pyramid Peaks to the south.
Coming down.
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