Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
In the summer, this is a slog through large talus. In the spring, as long as you get up early, the ascent up this section is fun. If you're lazy and leave camp at 10am...prepare for posthole hell...
Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
Looking down from the plateau below Mount Russell into the glacier basin below Mount Whitney.
Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
A reminder that you're not on a groomer. Would love to be there to see it when this thing plays out...
Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
One of two handheld 360x180 HDR images I shot on the East Ridge of Mount Russell. The ridge is rated as a Class 3. Reminds me of a ...(more)
Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
One of two handheld 360x180 HDR images I shot on the East Ridge of Mount Russell. The ridge is rated as a Class 3. Reminds me of...(more)
Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
Campsite on the first flat spot out of the couloir leading up to the plateau below Mount Russell. Not a single marmot was to be found...
Published about 1 month ago by Brandon Riza
Campsite near Lower Boyscout Lake on the way up to either the Mountaineers Route on Mount Whitney or to Mount Russell. There's a burnt tre...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Brandon Riza
Magic hour at the local climbing crag (Saddle Peak) in Santa Monica, California. I shot this 360x180HDRi, then rapped a 90 footer off of...(more)
Published 6 months ago by Brandon Riza
13.6K feet at TrailCrest on the way to the summit of Mount Whitney.
Published 6 months ago by Brandon Riza
It's about to get really cold at 11.8k feet. Mount Muir is in the background.
Published 7 months ago by Brandon Riza
Near my campsite below Old Army Pass near Mount Langley in the Sierra Nevada Range, California.
Published 7 months ago by Brandon Riza
Standing on the headwall of a cirque near Mount Langley, looking down on a 21 thousand year-old terminal moraine dropped by the Tioga glacial maxima...
Published 7 months ago by Brandon Riza
A perfect campsite near Gem Lake in the California Sierra Nevada.
Published 7 months ago by Brandon Riza
Looking south across Gem Lake in the Sierra Nevada, CA.
Published 9 months ago by Brandon Riza
In the col after rapping off of Peak 11840 on the Grand Traverse.