Climbing Mount Rixford in search of sun softened corn skiing on the west side of the Sierra Crest, in headwaters of the South Fork Kings River. (This post is a mixture of my photos and my buddie’s, tx RM)
University Peak, the Videttes, and Deerhorn
Mounts Ericsson to Brewer, above Bubbs Creek
Rae Lakes, Palisades, Split Mountain
Iconic Mount Brewer 13,566′
Charlotte Dome above Bubbs Creek, and the South Fork of Kings Canyon
foreground Falcor Peak, and at left Mount Gould (13,005′) on the distant Pacific Crest proper
Skiing Mount Rixford 12,887′
Dragon Peak 12,897′ at right
Skiing from the top of Mt. Rixford, it’s not exactly corn, but it’s sun softened and supportive anyway. We don’t come to the High Sierra for the snow conditions.
Skiing above big Pothole Lake turned to crust immediately in the shadow.
Cloud shrouded University Peak 13,589′, on the crest of the Sierra