Our objective for Saturday was a hike up the top of nearby Eagle Peak. From the Cliff Lake TH, the route immediately begins ascending the NW ridge. We had a bit of trouble route finding up a small obstacle on the way up; turns out the south facing slope was way easier and had was less snow (duh!). Half way up the views really began opening up.
The summit area was a class 2 scramble up a boulder field to an awesome diving-board-like feature.
Visibility was fairly good. We could see all the way up to the Cathedral & Ritter ranges in the north.
Full Route: http://www.hillmap.com/m/ag1zfmhpbGxtYXAtaGRychULEghTYXZlZE1hcBiAgIDAibbaCAw
On Sunday, we did a longer hike out to Three Sisters Peak, the tallest peak in the area.
The view back to Eagle Peak showed how much more snow there was on the north sides of the peaks
Visibility was even better on Sunday with clear views from Yosemite to the Palisades
Full Route: http://www.hillmap.com/m/ag1zfmhpbGxtYXAtaGRychULEghTYXZlZE1hcBiAgICAv7i5Cww
Thanks for reading!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/2014 08:41PM by edg.
