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Dave and
Eichorn Pinnacle.
After some very mild 'schwacking through scrub pines
and downed trees, we hit an open area punctuated by
many perfect moderately angled slabs. We
scrambled up these slabs under the watchful eye of
Eichorn Pinnacle. |
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Cathedral Lake. The views up here are
simply awesome. This looks west to Lower
Cathedral lake and Mount Hoffman. |
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Jules
Eichorn was a Stud.
You've got to be pretty friggin cool to have something
like this named after you. I guess carrying
around Ansel Adams camera gear and bagging hundreds of
previously unclimbable peaks gets you noticed.
Here's his story. |
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Approaching the Summit. The granite slabs
steepen considerably once you get past the base of the
pinnacle. To keep the difficulty down, keep to
the right, just below the ridge connecting the summit
to Eichorn Pinnacle. Traversing below the summit
block, go past it, then climb back up to its base via
an easy chute. |
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Echo
Peaks.
These look like really fun scrambles. I made a
note to get back here again to bag a few of these.
Part of the Matthes Crest can be seen behind on the
left. |
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Looking
West.
Now above the Pinnacle, we had an amazing vista over
Lower Cathedral Lake and the Tenaya domes. |
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Now for
the Serious Part.
Mike (in shadow at left) follows a ledge system just
below the west ridge of the peak. A hundred feet
or so to go. |
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Nearing the top. Dave leads the way up
towards the summit, traversing high above the steep
slabs leading down the west face. Thankfully,
the milk bottle above him is NOT the summit (or I
would've turned around). |
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