1/ Everywhere you go, there you are, on native land.
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5/ Continuing past the tarns and unnamed lakes above Sky Blue lake toward Crabtree pass, looking back to mount Langley and Cirque peak in the distance.
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6/ Flopped over Crabtree pass into the top of the Crabtree lakes basin then prepared for the chossy talus slope climb up mount Hitchcock’s east shoulder to get out. There’s an easy westward bench / slope I take, it’s not as bad as people say.
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7/ Hustled up to Discovery pinnacle where some of my favorite views of mount Hitchcock and Whitney open up. I was on pace for Whitney summit by dark so I started down to Trail Crest looking forward to sunset.
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8/ I’ve got a knack for timing sunrise and sunset on trail crest from 15 visits over 2 decades making 30 individual crossings. I could tell something was brewing in the sky for sunset color but I had no idea what I was about to experience.
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9/ The color transformed through shades of yellow to vermilion as the sun set through the remains of the Coffeepot wildfire smoke to the west. It was pretty overwhelming 🤯🫠
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10/ After vermilion, the color shifted into fuchsia before eventually fading away. Sat down and waited the last of it out then continued to the peak by dark.
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11/ Tagged the summit after dusk with options to bivy back at JMT junction or Discovery pinnacle to catch sunrise on the east side.
A random southbound PCT hiker showed up, then a couple JMT hikers. No plans, so we all huddled in the hut waiting for morning while chatting, trading calories, and making hot chocolate. Sunrise was mellow.
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12/ Hiked back out Sunday the same way I’d come in. Quiet day, sun and cloud, and a lot less climbing.
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@jds All these photos are incredible! What a hike.