Mt. Johnson via East Ridge (not SE slopes). Pretty cool route. Was not in the mood for anything long and I really enjoyed the short approach and high start. I had read that the east facing chute before the SE slopes went at a nice class 3 so decided to try that. Glad I did. This was an unexpectedly stellar route. Nearly everything was super solid and the moves were easy and fun without much sustained exposure. I descended the class 2 SE slopes and then returned the same way (via a pretty long boulder field). The summit register was from 1975-ish and pretty empty and I was bummed that there was no pencil or pen in there to sign (need to remember to carry one with me).


Looking down at Treasure Lakes (off trail for a few minutes):
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Mt. Johnson comes into view
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Tarn 11,309'
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Took the chute in the middle
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Took this photo looking down while putting the poles in the backpack
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Summit up ahead
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Summit register 1st page
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Summit views down to JMT
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Treasure Col and Mt. Gilbert
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Sandy slopes on way down (Trapezoid lurking above)
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South Lake the lowest I've seen it
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