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Bill and I share a pool of photographs. We each made our selection from the pool. There is some overlap, but we do not collaborate in determining who uses which captures. The pool consisted of raw image files, and we each developed the photographs independently.

Mammoth 09/2025 Photo Albums


Annotated by Stella and Frank


September 22 Reversed Peak
September 23 Gong Show
September 24 Lookout Peak
September 25 Horseshoe Slabs Recon
September 26 Mammoth Mountain
September 27 Horseshoe Slabs

Summary

We divide our days between hiking and climbing, happy that the trip was taking place at all after some hurdles. We have scaled back our ambitions.


  • On Day One: We revisit an old favorite, Reversed Peak.
  • On Day Two: We fail at getting to Lower Tier, so Frank climbs something else..
  • On Day Three: We revisit another old favorite, Lookout Peak.
  • On Day Four: Rest day, storm day, in the morning we reconnoiter Horseshoe Slabs.
  • On Day Five: We hike up Mammoth Mountain for the first time.
  • On Day Six: We climb on Horseshoe Slabs, but not trad.