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As you head north on highway 395 from Mammoth to Lee Vining, you
come to a long downhill stretch leading to the flats before highway
120 up into Yosemite. If you look to the west as you start down
that hill, you can catch this last glimpse of Banner Peak to the
right and Mt. Ritter behind and to the left. From this angle, you
would not suspect that Ritter is 200 feet taller than Banner, but
it is a trick of perspective.
At the left, just before the intervening ridge cuts off the view, you can see the pinnacle at the south edge of the Southeast Glacier, and the snow ridge over which we had climbed the day before. |