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Descending north from Harrington Pass the Silver Turret comes into view. Spanish Mountain and The Obelisk are in the distance, across the Middle Fork.<br> <br> Photo by Guy Keesee, 1992.
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The Kern River cuts a canyon straight south for 30 miles to pass below The Needles. To the north, separated from the sources of the Kern by Mt. Erikkson and the Kings Kern Divide, the three mighty forks of the Kings River drain a huge area of the Sierra Nevada west of the Palisades Crest. <br> <br> The Monarch Divide, marked here in red, rises steeply to the east from Yucca Point, the confluence of the south and middles forks.
The East Face of The Silver Turret seen from the approach in the Gorge.<br> <br> Photo by Guy Keeseee, 1992.
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Kristian Solem
Feb 3, 2011
“Descending north from Harrington Pass the Silver Turret comes into view. Spanish Mountain and The Obelisk are in the distance, across the Middle Fork.

Photo by Guy Keesee, 1992.”  

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The formations on the east side of The Gorge of Despair viewed looking north east from the summmit of The Silver Turret. From R to L: Crystal Turret, Cobra Turret, El Comandante, El Corporale and Frustration Turret. <br> <br> Kettle Dome and the wilderness of Blue Canyon lie behind acrosss the canyon of the Middle Fork.<br> <br> Photo by Guy Keesee, July 1996.
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Kristian Solem starting up the fabulous Prow of Cobra, first climbed in 1979 by Gary Valle and Phil Warrender.<br> <br> Guy Keesee photo, 1992.
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The south and middles forks of the Kings River meet at Yucca Point, from where the Monarch Divide rises steeply past Wren Peak to Mt. Harrington.
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The Gorge of Despair from the summit of Tehipite Dome. <br> <br> Photo, Herb Laeger collection.
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