Starting from the entrance of Whitney Portal Campground.
Private cabins along Campground Road.
Joining the Meysan Lakes Trail.
Climbing to the saddle ahead.
View back as the trail crosses a rocky drainage.
Leaving the Meysan Lakes Trail, headed south toward the base of Lone Pine Peak.
Grass Lake.
View back.
Starting up a loose chute.
Veering left toward a notch.
Approaching the notch.
View back from the notch.
Contouring east toward Lone Pine Peak.
Arriving at the saddle between Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak.
Class 2 along the ridge to Lone Pine Peak.
View back toward Rosco Peak. In the distance are Mount Langley (left), the pinnacles of Mount Corcoran and Mount LeConte (center), and Mount Mallory (right).
Along the ridge crest.
Approaching the summit.
Lone Pine Peak summit. View east.
View northwest. Mount Whitney is on the left.
Back at the saddle, continuing west toward Rosco Peak.
Sky pilot (Polemonium eximium).
Class 2.
Progress along the ridge crest impeded by a 40-foot cliff.
Backtracking about 100 yards to a Class 3 weakness on the north side of the ridge.
View back at the weakness. I lowered myself onto the wide platform in the center of the frame to avoid the overhanging crack on the right.
Traversing the northern cliffs. Class 2.
View back toward Lone Pine Peak.
Regaining the ridge crest.
Crossing over to the south side of the ridge, aiming for a Class 2 chute that leads to the notch, top-center.
Ascending the chute toward the notch, top-right.
View back down the chute.
Class 3 along the ridge crest.
Following a ledge on the southern cliffs. Great views of Mount LeConte and Mount Corcoran.
Rosco Peak summit ahead.
Rosco Peak summit. View west toward Mount LeConte (left of center) and Mount Mallory (right).
View east toward Lone Pine Peak. Roscoe Peak's Class 3 summit block is on the right.
On the descent, dramatic light on Mount Irving.
Final view back toward Lone Pine Peak from the Meysan Lakes Trail.
