|
 | | Longs from the Boulder Field below the Keyhole. |
 | | The Diamond on Longs' east face. |
 | | View from the Boulder Field. |
 | | View from the Boulder Field. |
 | | The Diamond. |
 | | Zoomed in to the Keyhole at 13,100. The Agnes Vaille Memorial Hut is visible left of the Keyhole. |
 | | The Keyhole in the distance (with no zoom), right of center. |
 | | Zoomed in to the Keyhole and Memorial Hut after getting a little closer. |
 | | The Keyhole and Memorial Hut with no zoom. |
 | | Things look a lot different on the west side of the Keyhole. Looking south at the route ahead. My goal is to traverse the rocks to get to The Trough, the first snowy couloir visible a half mile away. |
 | | A better view of The Trough. |
 | | Pagoda Mtn (13,497) from the Keyhole. |
 | | Looking north from the Keyhole towards Glacier Gorge and Bear Lake. |
 | | Thatchtop (12,668, indistinct, just left of center) from the Keyhole. Shelf Lake is visible at its base (center). |
 | | McHenrys Pk (13,327, center) from the Keyhole. Frozen Lake is on the left. Black Lake is on the lower right. Taylor Pk (13,153) is half way between McHenry's Pk and the right edge of the image, directly above Black Lake. Arrowhead (12,387) is the rocky outcropping in the foreground below Taylor Pk, rising above Black Lake. |
 | | A view of Chiefs Head Pk (13,579) from the Keyhole. Green Lake is the larger of the two lakes on the left. Frozen Lake is the lake on the right. The Spearhead is the ridge of rock that separates these two lakes. |
 | | Looking up The Trough. Note the red and yellow targets marking the way. |
 | | Looking back at the path just taken after getting to The Trough. Jewel Lake and Mills Lake are visible on the lower left. Bear Lake is just visible up and right of Mills Lake. |
 | | Looking across the exposed ledge called the "Narrows". |
 | | Chiefs Head Pk from the Narrows. |
 | | Looking back when halfway across the Narrows. |
 | | Looking up to the summit from the bottom of the Homestretch. |
 | | Looking down the Homestretch from the summit. A climber in green is just above the shadows. |
 | | The summit benchmark. |
 | | Me on the summit. |
 | | The summit is large and flat. |
 | | Looking south from the summit. Pikes Pk is barely visible in the haze of the horizon, just right and above the hiker's head. |
 | | Self-portrait on the summit. |
 | | On the summit, looking south. |
 | | Chasm Lake and Peacock Pool from the summit. The Twin Sisters are in the background. |
 | | A view of nearby Mt Meeker (13,911). I'm standing above the Diamond. |
 | | Lumpy Ridge from the summit (zoomed in). |
 | | Ypsilon Mtn (13,514, pointy, just left of center on the horizon), Moraine Park (just right of center), Bear Lake (one third of the way from the left edge of the image), and part of Dream Lake (close to the left edge of the image) from the summit. |
 | | Bear Lake (near the right edge of the image), part of Dream Lake (one third of the way from right edge of the image), and Flattop Mtn (12,324, center, above ThatchTop). |
 | | Looking southwest from the summit. |
 | | Looking down The Trough, with Shelf Lake (upper left), Jewel Lake and Mills Lake (directly right), and Blue Lake (between and below the two sets of lakes). |
 | | Many lakes are visible from the top of The Trough, including Black Lake (near left edge), Blue Lake (directly right of Black Lake), Shelf Lake (in between and above the other two lakes), Jewel Lake and Mills Lake (directly right of Shelf Lake), part of Dream Lake (above and left of Mills Lake), and Bear Lake (right of Dream Lake). |
 | | Looking back at The Trough after making it back to the Keyhole. |
 | | Looking at Mt Lady Washington (13,281) through the Keyhole. |
 | | Looking northeast through the Keyhole. |
 | | Looking at Storm Pk (13,326, center, just right of the foreground rocks) through the Keyhole. |
 | | Mt Lady Washington and the top of the Agnes Vaille Memorial Hut from the Keyhole. |
 | | The Boulder Field from the Keyhole. Hiking directly through this is the only way out. |
 | | Longs Pk from the Boulder Field. |
 | | Peacock Pool (lower left) and the Diamond (upper right). |
 | | A waterfall of Larkspur Creek. |