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Palisades (June 2011)

Solo trip in the North Fork Big Pine creek. After the approach hike to my camp at ~10850ft above Fourth Lake I hiked in the afternoon on Sky Haven (12,840ft) to enjoy the great view of the Palisades. Next day I wanted to climb Picture Puzzle via it's NE-couloir but the snow was very bad so I changed plan and climbed Gendarme Peak (13,252ft). On the last day I climbed Cloudripper (13,525ft) and Vagabond Peak (13,374ft) and hiked back to the trail head. Solo Wanderung in der North Fork Big Pine creek. Nach dem Anmarsch zu meinem Camp auf ~3300m über Fourth Lake kletterte ich am Nachmittag auf Sky Haven (3914m) für the Aussicht auf die Palisades. Am nächsten Tag wollte ich Picture Puzzle über das NE-couloir klettern aber der Schnee war schlecht und ich änderte den Plan und kletterte Gendarme Peak (4039m). Am letzten Tag bestieg ich Cloudripper (4122m) und Vagabond Peak (4076m) und wanderte zurück zum Trailhead.
Fourth Lake
Fourth Lake
Above Fourth Lake
Above Fourth Lake
Palisades from Sky Haven
Palisades from Sky Haven
Camp
Camp
OK_20110626_6547-web.jpg
OK_20110626_6547-web.jpg
Sixth Lake
Sixth Lake
Sky Haven from the west
Sky Haven from the west
Picture Puzzle
Picture Puzzle
The valley to Jigsaw Pass
The valley to Jigsaw Pass
Flowers
Flowers
Outlet of Fifth Lake
Outlet of Fifth Lake
View of the Palisades from my camp
View of the Palisades from my camp
First light in camp
First light in camp
Morning view on the way to Cloudripper
Morning view on the way to Cloudripper
Flowers
Flowers
N-fork Big Pine trail
N-fork Big Pine trail