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MOUNT CONNESS

Short TR: Sven Feldmann and I started at 10:20 am from the Saddlebag parking lot and proceeded to hike up to Alpine Lake, which we reached in under an hour. From there, after Sven took a dip in the lake and we enjoyed the late morning sun, we hiked up talus and scree to the summit plateau. The ridge traverse, while trivial, was pretty airy. We reached the summit at 2 PM, and spent around an hour there having lunch. We were back at the car at 5 pm and back home in Palo Alto at 10:45 pm.

1. Hiking towards Alpine lake	2. A beautiful day.
3. Alpine Lake and the East Ridge of Conness	4. Mount Dana to the right.
5. Hiking to the East ridge from Alpine Lake - much talus and loose scree is encountered
6. The North Ridge of Mount Conness.	7. The summit comes into full view, from the summit plateau.
8. The Cathedral range, from just below the summit. Cathedral Peak is in the middle.	9. Scrambling up the ridge to the summit.
10. On top.
11. Saddlebag Lake in the background and the Conness Lakes in the foreground	12. Sven on the summit
13. Me on the summit.	14. More.
15. Mounts Lyell and McLure, with the Lyell Glacier, from the summit of Mount Conness.	16. The meadows near Lee Vining Creek,  on the hike back to Saddlebag lake.
17. More of the meadows in the afternoon sun.