Hyrum's Hiking

Mount Whitney Photo Gallery

July 21, 2005

The south wall of the Whitney Portal canyon.
The south wall of the Whitney Portal ...
The north wall of Whitney Portal canyon.
The north wall of Whitney Portal canyon.
Mount Whitney from Whitney Portal.
Mount Whitney from Whitney Portal.
The side of Whitney Portal canyon.
The side of Whitney Portal canyon.
Mount Whitney ridge from Whitney Portal.
Mount Whitney ridge from Whitney Portal.
Mount Whitney (at right) from Whitney Portal. The standard route goes up the drainage on the left.
Mount Whitney (at right) from Whitney...
Sunrise over Lone Pine Lake on the Mount Whitney trail.
Sunrise over Lone Pine Lake on the Mo...
Sunrise on Mount Whitney.
Sunrise on Mount Whitney.
Sunrise on Mount Muir from near Outpost Camp.
Sunrise on Mount Muir from near Outpo...
Sunrise near Outpost Camp.
Sunrise near Outpost Camp.
Sunrise.
Sunrise.
Sunrise on the granite sides of the Mount Whitney trail.
Sunrise on the granite sides of the M...

Sunrise on Mount Muir from Mirror Lake.
Sunrise on Mount Muir from Mirror Lake.
Lone Pine Lake and Outpost Camp, shortly after sunrise.
Lone Pine Lake and Outpost Camp, shor...

Consultation Lake, from the Mount Whitney trail.
Consultation Lake, from the Mount Whi...
The sides of the Lone Pine Creek.
The sides of the Lone Pine Creek.
Mount Muir.
Mount Muir.
Trail camp.
Trail camp.
Mount Whitney and ridge from near Trail camp.
Mount Whitney and ridge from near Tra...
The start of the 99 switchbacks.
The start of the 99 switchbacks.
Looking back toward trail camp from the 99 switchbacks.
Looking back toward trail camp from t...
Mount Whitney from the 99 switchbacks.
Mount Whitney from the 99 switchbacks.
The basin below Mount Whitney from the 99 switchbacks.
The basin below Mount Whitney from th...
Bruce resting on the 99 switchbacks.
Bruce resting on the 99 switchbacks.
Mount Whitney from the 99 switchbacks.
Mount Whitney from the 99 switchbacks.
Wildflowers along the 99 switchbacks.
Wildflowers along the 99 switchbacks.

Bruce on the 99 switchbacks.
Bruce on the 99 switchbacks.
Looking toward Trail camp and the Owen's Valley from Trail Crest.
Looking toward Trail camp and the Owe...
Looking west into Sequoia National Park from Trail Crest.
Looking west into Sequoia National Pa...
The Hitchcock Lakes from Trail Crest.
The Hitchcock Lakes from Trail Crest.

Wildflowers at 13,500+ feet, between Trail Crest and the summit.
Wildflowers at 13,500+ feet, between ...
Mount Whitney summit, from the south.
Mount Whitney summit, from the south.
Looking east into the Owens Valley from one of the notches in the Mount Whitney ridge.
Looking east into the Owens Valley fr...
Mount Whitney's southeast face.
Mount Whitney's southeast face.
The Hitchcock Lakes.
The Hitchcock Lakes.
Bruce and I by the summit plaque of Mount Whitney.
Bruce and I by the summit plaque of M...
Mount Whitney Panorama #1.
Mount Whitney Panorama #1.
Mount Whitney Panorama #2.
Mount Whitney Panorama #2.
Mount Whitney Panorama #3.
Mount Whitney Panorama #3.
Mount Whitney Panorama #4.
Mount Whitney Panorama #4.
Mount Whitney Panorama #5.
Mount Whitney Panorama #5.
Mount Whitney Panorama #6.
Mount Whitney Panorama #6.
Mount Whitney Panorama #7.
Mount Whitney Panorama #7.
Mount Whitney Panorama #8.
Mount Whitney Panorama #8.
Mount Whitney Panorama #9.
Mount Whitney Panorama #9.
Mount Whitney Panorama #10.
Mount Whitney Panorama #10.
Iceberg Lake from the Mount Whitney summit.
Iceberg Lake from the Mount Whitney s...
Me next to the summit plaque.
Me next to the summit plaque.

Looking west from the summit of Mount Whitney.
Looking west from the summit of Mount...
Me next to the Smithsonian shack.
Me next to the Smithsonian shack.

Some lakes to the north of Mount Whitney.
Some lakes to the north of Mount Whit...
The Hitchcock Lakes.
The Hitchcock Lakes.
The trail going down. Looks can be decieving; the ridge is actually quite large.
The trail going down. Looks can be d...
Looking west from the Mount Whitney trail.
Looking west from the Mount Whitney t...
Descending the 99 switchbacks. The Owens Valley in the background.
Descending the 99 switchbacks. The O...
Omnimous clouds gathering above Discovery Pinnacle.
Omnimous clouds gathering above Disco...
Looking down on Trailside Meadow and some "watermelon" snow.
Looking down on Trailside Meadow and ...
Falls beneath Outpost Camp.
Falls beneath Outpost Camp.
Storm clouds on the Mount Whitney ridge.
Storm clouds on the Mount Whitney ridge.
Afternoon on Lone Pine Lake and the Owens Valley.
Afternoon on Lone Pine Lake and the O...
Looking down toward Whitney Portal.
Looking down toward Whitney Portal.
Mount Whitney as seem from Lone Pine.
Mount Whitney as seem from Lone Pine.
A very long stretch of Nevada highway.
A very long stretch of Nevada highway.