Went up the Baxter Pass trail to climb Black Mountain and Diamond Peak. Snow started in earnest at 10,200' on the northern aspects and nothing on the southern aspects. The snow up to Black was in good shape and there is zero snow going up to Diamond.
The burnt out part of the trail
Diamond Massif from 8,500'
From our camp area at 10,700'
Alpine Glow
Black/Diamond Bowl
Heading up towards Black
Looking over at Diamond, very dry
Looking west from a notch along the Black ridge
Looking southwest at Glen Pass and Mt. Brewer area peaks
Looking north at a whole lot of dry southerly facing peaks
Heading up the chute to Diamond Peak. 12,000' and dry
Mt. Cotter and Mt. Clarence King
Rest of the photos are here:
http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sier...0&k=bSWFQFJ
