GENERAL OVERVIEW: This pass leads between 1000 Island Lake and Lake Catherine
CLASS/DIFFICULTY: Class 2
LOCATION: Inyo National Forest / Ansel Adams Wilderness. NW of Mt. Banner, directly off of Lake Catherine's North Eastern shore. HST Map
ELEVATION: 11,190
USGS TOPO MAP (7.5'): Mt. Ritter
ROUTE DESCRIPTION: From the West side of 1000 Island Lake angle up a drainage coming down from the pass. Continue up this gentle valley on class 1 terrain until you are getting closer to the pass. From here take a steeper slope angling down from your right. Continue to aim for the low saddle of the area. Before you reach it you will encounter large stable talus. Lake Catherine is less then 200 feet below yet you encounter small loose talus and some hard packed dirt slopes that require caution.
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