Pleasant View Ridge to Will Thrall Peak - Part 2

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Elwood
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Not being able to do justice to Dr. Turtle's eloquent report covering our snowy trek up Pleasant View Ridge, I've opted to just post some of the pictures that I took during this sublime hike.

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Looking up 5N04's path above Little Rock Creek.

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Footing on this still frozen surface hoar was surprisingly tractive.

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Snow above, desert below. It was breathtaking.

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Turtle headed up PVR, impromptu sunshade for the G10.

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We saw some amazing frost variants in the morning.

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Approach to Will Thrall Peak.

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Same view, this past November.

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View towards Strawberry and Josephine Peaks.

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View towards Waterman Mountain.

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Turtle's point of view for the picture of me on the other side of this saddle.

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Looking towards the San Andreas Rift Zone.

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Turtle haulin' ass up towards Will Thrall Peak.

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Snow encrusted trees above the Devil's Punchbowl formation.

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Wind blown trees before the first of Thrall's two summits.

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Turtle showing these big conifers how to stand up straight.

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Getting closer to the summit(s), more exposure, more snow.

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Relaxing on the true summit, looking towards Williamson and the Throop - Baden Powell ridge line.

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Buckthorn's revenge (not as bad as it looks though).

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GPS Track.
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Ira, some (winter) day I'd like to explore that part of the range with you. It's completely unknown to me.

But I'm not sure I could keep up.
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