Wotans Throne (12,730') overlooks Trail Camp along the Whitney Trail. After we set up camp, there were hours of daylight left, so I headed out. The south face is made up of cliffs, so I started working my way to the west side. There was an initial scramble to get above the lake, then I spotted some cairns marking a way to the base of the west ridge. There were stubborn bits of snow along the way, but easily avoided. The ridge started class 2 on solid rock. I tried to follow a couple of ramps, but stay generally along the ridge. About half way up, I got great views of two azure blue lakes. They were half frozen and unnamed according to the maps I checked. The upper ridge moved into class 3 terrain, but there were several good options and none led into dangerous terrain. Near the top, I had to down climb 10' into chute, then out the other side, leaving only a short hop to the summit. A small pile of rocks was my reward, and fantastic views of the Whitney ridge. I continued to the end of the summit ridge to make sure the other end wasn't higher. Round trip from camp was about two miles, 800', and took two hours.
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Wotans Throne from Trail Camp
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Summit. Lone Pine Peak on the right.
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Wotans Throne center from the upper switchbacks