Climbing Mount Sill


 August 20th-22th, 2004

Distance: ~24 miles
Elevation gain: ~6000 feet

Trailhead: Big Pine Creek, North Fork

Mt. Sill (14153ft class 3-4)


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Middle Palisade from the Trailhead


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Crossing the First Falls of the Big Pine Creek


Picture by Peter McColgan (L) and Arturo Crespo (R)
 Rainy weather by Temple Crag


Picture by Peter McColgan (L) and Arturo Crespo (R)
 Henri, Arturo, and Peter dryng up at camp


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Sunset


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Palisade Glacier


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Mount Sill


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Climbing up the Palisade Glacier to Glacier Notch


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Climbers under the V-notch


Picture by Peter McColgan
 V-notch cravasses from Glacier Notch


Picture by Henri Hein
 Peter and Arturo going up the steep boulder field above glacier notch


Picture by Arturo Crespo (L) Peter McColgan (R)
 Snow field under the North Col.


Picture by Henri Hein
 Arturo in the Talus field of the North Col


Picture by Peter McColgan (LR) Arturo Crespo (C)
 Crux of the climb (Class 4)


Picture by Peter McColgan
 At the ridge of Sill. From here is Class 2-3 to the top


Picture by Arturo Crespo (L) Henri Hein (R)
 Gaining the summit of Sill


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Arturo, Henry, and Peter summit shots


Picture by Peter McColgan
 View from the top. Polemonium and the U-notch from the top of Sill


Picture by Arturo Crespo (L) and Peter McColgan (C) and Henri Hein (R)
 Summit register


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Route to Polemonium


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Last summit shot


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Palisade Glacer from the top of the ledges of the North Col


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Polemonium Peak


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Arturo descending the Glacier


Picture by Henri Hein
 Peter On the Palisade Glacier


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Lake at the bottom of the Palisade Glacier


Picture by Peter McColgan
 Palisade Glacier


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Owens Valley


Picture by Arturo Crespo (L) and Peter McColgan (CR)
 Hail in the way down


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Our camp


Picture by Peter McColgan (L) and Arturo Crespo (R)
 Sunset shots


Picture by Arturo Crespo (L) and Peter McColgan (R)
 Peter and Arturo in front of Temple Crag


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 First Lake


Picture by Arturo Crespo
 Last view of Sill and the North Palisade Massif

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