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WHITE MOUNTAIN PEAK


An ascent of the South Face of White Mountain Peak (Class 1), White Mountains, CA,

with René Renteria, June 18, 2007

(Click image for larger view)

(photos with an "r" in the filename are courtesy of René Renteria, © 2007)


1. We departed Mammoth Lakes at 5:30 am and started from the trailhead at 8:30.

2. The parking area and locked gate.

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3. The Sierra Nevada comes in full view.

4. Hiking.

5. Arriving at the Barcroft Research Station

 


6. Barcroft Station. Scientists were doing research on the effects of high altitude on fetal development in sheep.


7. Getting closer to White Mountain Peak

8. White Mountain Peak

 
9. Hiking among the barren landscape.

10. Approaching the steeper part.

11. Windy conditions on open terrain.

 
12. The Palisades clearly visible. From left to right: Middle Palisade, Norman Clyde Peak,

Mount Sill, North Palisade, Mount Winchell and Mount Agassiz

13. Crossing a snowdrift.

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14. Final steps to the summit. We reached the summit at 11:45, and spent 45 minutes there having lunch.

15. The summit lab.


17. René tags the summit.


16. The USGS marker

18. Summit shot.

 
19. Two professors from Canada were kind enough snap a photo of us.


20. Illegal activity.

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21. Mountain bikers from Santa Barbara.

One of them was severely affected by altitude sickness.

 
22. The descent.


23. Searching for a spring - buried under the remaining snow.

 
24. A rest stop on the way back.

 
25. Barcroft Observatory


26. Hiking back

 
27. Back at the trailhead, at 3 pm. We were back in Mammoth Lakes at 6 pm,

and René took off for the Bay Area the same evening.

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