The Majestic Palisade Glacier: A Glimpse of Mt. Sill's Summit

[@aacc2622]

Great video!! Did Palisades Glacier a few years agoand now Mt Sill is on my list next. Your video with photos showed more details than a regular video thanx!!

[@merlots]

Thanks for your kind words. As you can see, early season with snow is easier to deal with than scree. My husband drew the route map at 10ish min mark to show the right route - Starr, and the wrong path we took in Aug - SSH. Nevertheless, it's a challenging and fun climb and rewarding, even we did not summit. We wanted to climb Mt Sill from Sierra High Route last year but canceled. We are not done with Mt. Sill yet :) Good luck with your climb. I hope I will have the opportunity to close encouter Palisade Glacier again. It's mesmerizing.

[@nappleton100]

This video is everything! I think most people don’t even know there are glaciers in California, and in the Sierra Nevada, and would be astonished to find that out. That is if they even found it interesting, a lot of people don’t even blink an eye when I tell them there are glaciers here. I think it’s amazing and wonderful, and precious that we still have them in the face of worsening climate change which is evident everywhere you look. One day too soon they will be gone. Thankfully enough snow falls in the winter and at that altitude the blaze of ever hotter summers hasn’t made as strong of an impact. But of course they are shrinking. So having an adventure like this while we still can is something I can’t wait to do myself and the video you made exciting as well as important. I’ve seen videos where people hike to the ridge and look down on it but never hike down close to it which seems crazy to me. Why someone would hike all this way just to look at it from a distance is beyond me I would have to get close enough to touch it. Like touching history or time literally frozen in thousands of layers of compressed snow and ice. So nice to see it up close and get the perspective of seeing it in contrast to a person next to it and right above it. Well done and beautiful, thank you!

[@merlots]

Thank you for sharing your deep thought. Your statement is so eloquently put: "I would have to get close enough to touch it. Like touching history or time literally frozen in thousands of layers of compressed snow and ice." Exactly how I felt at that time, immersed in its magnitude and serenity. Compared to other well known mountains on the west coast, Rainier, Hood, Adams, this is a less visited location (which is a good thing). Hope you have opportunity to stand before it and witness its beauty in history.

[@FURST1]

Thanks for sharing. Did you guys just scramble to the top or did you have to rope up? I did the SW approach back in 2007. Been wanting to go back

[@merlots]

Sorry I missed replying. We did not use rope.

[@gotsu21]

SW Approach from JMT side is a class 2-3 but requires a longer backpacking trip from Bishop Pass, Taboose Pass, or Kearsarge Pass, or a combination of SHR.

[@dmbeaster]

Snow condtions great for the route. Crampons essential for the short class 4 traverse in those conditions. Should be roped because of snow ice.

[@merlots]

Yes, you are right. It was a beautiful day. We are not trained using ropes.

[@chrisread3415]

You can lose the music please

[@merlots]

Thanks for the feedback

[@dmbeaster]

It is 3000, not 4500, to Sam Mack Meadow