Can you ID this peak?

JC

I think it's amazing, and should be one of the iconic American peaks.




Any C&C welcome. Reshoots are not a possibility in the near future but maybe some day.

dbd

kolibri wrote: »

I think it's amazing, and should be one of the iconic American peaks.
Any C&C welcome. Reshoots are not a possibility in the near future but maybe some day.

Looks like California's White Mountain from the trail above Barcroft Lab. I was up it last on Christmas Day, 2011. There was a little less snow then than in the pictures. It's been a very dry winter.

Edit: Comparing the pictures, the amount of snow is very similar.

Dale B. Dalrymple

JC

dbd wrote: »

Looks like California's White Mountain from the trail above Barcroft Lab. I was up it last on Christmas Day, 2011. There was a little less snow then than in the pictures. It's been a very dry winter.

Edit: Comparing the pictures, the amount of snow is very similar.

Dale B. Dalrymple

Yup. January 2nd 2012. Can't believe I walked up to 14,252 ft (4,344 m)  in January! I also can't believe I dragged my 5D up to 14,252 ft. It was kind of an accidental hike. Definitely should have had a smaller (lighter) camera for all the good use I (didn't) get out of it. From the valley we could see snow/ice all along the ridge line, so we took crampons, didn't need them at all.

Hikin' Mike

WOW, I had more snow on my June 2002 then you did...! I used my old Minolta X570 film camera...before I "got into" photography.

Nice captures!

senorjax

I love the White Mts. and you've got some very nice shots there. A mid-winter trip would be fantastic, i'm envious. Your photo reminds me that my 'this is me' photo on the front of my Smugmug is from the same area. I haven't changed it in years. Probly won't anytime soon either. Care to see it? If you'd rather not have it in your thread I apologize and I will take it down posthaste if you'd like.

JC

senorjax wrote: »

I love the White Mts. and you've got some very nice shots there. A mid-winter trip would be fantastic, i'm envious. Your photo reminds me that my 'this is me' photo on the front of my Smugmug is from the same area. I haven't changed it in years. Probly won't anytime soon either. Care to see it? If you'd rather not have it in your thread I apologize and I will take it down posthaste if you'd like.

No! leave it. I don't mind photo replies in a thread like this. Nice shot. It was really windy for us, but temperatures were decent for January. Only problem was the day was short and we had to plan on hiking out in the dark at the rates I walk.

JC

So, 14k feet was the highest I've ever been. Hiked to 13k a couple of times. We all had headaches at the summit. And I decided that my mind doesn't work so well, all my photos ended up slightly underexposed. Need a UV filter too, that I didn't have for the lens I took.
Sierra range had no snow then either- Looking west across the caldera to Mammoth, the Minarets, Ritter and Banner:


looking back along the hike, at the 12k foot plateau (3700 meters and no snow!) Upper left bright spot are the Eureka Dunes, right side is Owen's Valley.



We had an awesome sunset, and then another 2 hours of hiking, but I didn't get any pictures of it because I left the batteries in my grip and they died from the cold.