Glacier from Ritter/Banner Saddle down to Lake Catherine

This view of Lake Catherine and Mt. Ritter shows that huge buttress or shoulder which comes off the summit ridge, slopes down a bit, then drops precipitously about 1,000' into Lake Catherine. To the left is the glacier leading up from Catherine to the Ritter/Banner saddle, the typical route up to Banner Peak from Thousand Island Lake (via North Glacier Pass) and the beginning of the classic John Muir route up Mt. Ritter.