Re: Mt Ritter last weekend

I went up Shadow Creek/Ediza Lake last weekend and ended up hiking Mt Ritter. I was only planning on heading up to Ritter Pass, but I got bored, don't follow my tracks. Mosquitoes are starting to come out. Snow conditions are nice, melting fast.

I put up 66 pictures here, should give you an idea of what conditions are like:
http://www.qitnl.com/v/060113/
Slideshow

Ritter Pass from Ediza Lake:


Mt Ritter


Ritter Pinnacle


Banner Peak, Thousand Island Lake


Thousand Island Lake

Nice pictures, that's a great area.

Looks like Thousand Island's (9700') iceout is farther along than Ediza's (9300').



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2013 07:42AM by ttilley.

Gorgeous! It reminds me of the book "Missing in the Minarets" about Walter Starr Jr, which I thought was a good read. Thanks for the photos.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2013 08:10AM by JasonS.

Great stuff! Love that area! Thanks!

Excellent...wish I was there!...I loved the fact that your ornithology is at the same level as mine....the picture of the bird...labeled "bird" Descriptive enough for me!

I also wondered if you were going with the G-rated version of the name of the peak in slide #8..."Two Tears"? My map shows it as "Two Teats"

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the picture of the bird...labeled "bird"

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch/id maybe?

Wow! Just Wow!

Great photos Joe! Saw the slide show, you took some amazing shots. All that snow made me feel like it was still winter.

Thanks for posting the link to all the photos. It looks like it was an amazing trip.

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nice shots, i heard they named a salad dressing after that lake

Thanks for the photos. Climbing Lyell next weekend so the current conditions update is helpful. And they were beautiful too of course.

Great stuff. Cool to see Cecile Lake from above, instead of from the shoreline.