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Kern Point, 12,789 ft., (center) is part of a ridge on the far side of Kern Canyon, seen to the northwest on the PCT near Crabtree Meadows.
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Red Spur is the ridge on the left running into the center of the photo. It rises above the Kern Canyon walls in the distance, across the Kern River (not seen). Peaks on the left are Kaweahs and others farther away. Seen looking southwest from the PCT.
Patchy snow on the climb out of Crabtree Meadows, going south on the PCT in early May.
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Joan Pendleton
May 10, 2022 near Lone Pine, CA
“Kern Point, 12,789 ft., (center) is part of a ridge on the far side of Kern Canyon, seen to the northwest on the PCT near Crabtree Meadows.”  

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Kern Point, 12,789 ft., (center) is part of a ridge on the far side of Kern Canyon, seen to the northwest on the PCT near Crabtree Meadows.
Patchy snow on the climb out of Crabtree Meadows, going south on the PCT in early May.
Heading south-southeast on the PCT, Mount Guyot, 12,300 ft., rises up ahead.
Snowy east side walls/sides of the Chagoopa Plateau rise out Kern Canyon (not visible), far in the distance, looking southwest from the PCT near Crabtree Meadows.
Mt. Whitney, 14,494 ft. (center), is seen in the distance to the east-northeast, from Crabtree Meadows.
Crabtree Meadow behind Whitney
Whitney from the west side
Red Spur is the ridge on the left running into the center of the photo. It rises above the Kern Canyon walls in the distance, across the Kern River (not seen). Peaks on the left are Kaweahs and others farther away. Seen looking southwest from the PCT.
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