Just before walking up 4 Mile Trail (about a decade ago). Stayed at Camp 4 the night before. Cold snap late fall. Brrrr.
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Correct mountain range! The Sierras. The range of light.Alta Peak?
one of the guys who was on the trip with me back in 88 snapped this pic of the peak a couple weeks ago...the year was 1988... wonder if anyone can guess the spot
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some super popular landmarks visible so i'm betting it will be easy
zooming in and travelling back in time to 2018 for pictures of east and west faces taken at the beginning of a trip to yosemiteone of the guys who was on the trip with me back in 88 snapped this pic of the peak a couple weeks ago...
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Close to Banner Peak?the year was 1988... wonder if anyone can guess the spot
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some super popular landmarks visible so i'm betting it will be easy
right on top of Banner Peak in fact!Close to Banner Peak?
keep in mind we were coming up from Lake Catherine where we were camped on the west side of Ritter/Banner. i think most folks ascend via Ediza and the Nydivers on the east, right?Thought it could have been Davis or Ritter...never been to that part of the Sierra. I've been trying to get a friend to hike to the top of Banner Peak with me for a while.
You bring an ice ax with you, crampons? Doesn't look like it in the summer picture....you do this in Sept? August? Been told it is easier/faster with some snow.
Lake Catherine in 2008. 'They' said that glacier would be gone in 10 yrs...looks like it's still there. Love that whole area...there's a really neat glacier moraine at the base of Banner Peak behind Thousand Island Lake.keep in mind we were coming up from Lake Catherine where we were camped on the west side of Ritter/Banner. i think most folks ascend via Ediza and the Nydivers on the east, right?
anyway, none of us had axes/spikes but *absolutely* should have had them for the route we choose for descent
it was something like this....
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absolute madness without spikes and ax. sooooooo dumb.