Training Log Archive: biggins

Climbed up Mt Lyell (13,100') from the north east side. Gorgeous day. Up some snowfields around the base of the Maclure glacier, then climbed the Lyell glacier and up the [pretty steep] summit headwall. Came down a nice loose rock gully, which dumped into a less steep snow chute. Snow was in awesome shape, no crevasses at all, and it stayed pretty solid for the entire morning (didn't even need a pre-dawn start).

Moved camp back down the canyon, to make the hike out monday easier. Couldn't go all the way out, since they don't allow random camping in yosemite, and you needed to get reservations a couple months ago for this weekend. It froze overnight both nights, a good contrast to the 80° days.