IMG_6089.JPG2 viewsShepherd Crest (left of center skyline) and Sky Pilot Col (just right of center skyline) to the north; below are Cascade and Steelhead Lake. Virginia Canyon, our destination lies north of Sky Pilot Col.
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IMG_6085.JPG2 viewsThe route climbs north to a saddle on the east ridge of Mount Conness overlooking a steep droppoff to Greenstone Lake.
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IMG_6129.JPG2 viewsA cascading stream running under a lower section of the Conness Glacier has opened a sinkhole.
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IMG_6193.JPG2 viewsA frozen tarn buried in the snow on the north side of Sky Pilot Col.
IMG_6206.JPG2 viewsSunlight hits Shepherd Crest. It is already almost 9 am, and the warming sunlight has not reached our camp tucked under the north side of the Crest. We got to bed late, but are glad to be north of Sky Pilot Col.
IMG_5903.JPG1 viewsMatterhorn Peak.
IMG_5905.JPG1 viewsHeading back to camp at bottom Spiller Creek Canyon.
IMG_5908.JPG1 viewsWildflowers along trail returning to Virginia Canyon from Spiller Creek Canyon.
IMG_5910.JPG1 viewsWe were fortunate to find an easy way across Return Creek above confluence of McCabe Creek, which proved to be a much more difficult crossing.
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