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Fun and beautiful 13-hour solo car-to-car loop yesterday. Headed up to Carillon Col via North Fork of Lone Pine. From there it's 30 minutes to the top of Carillon. Then followed the East Ridge to the East and West summits of Russell. The new thin layer of unconsolidated snow that fell recently made the conditions slippery and a little tricky. Dropping down North of the ridge before the East Summit helped bring the grade down from Class 4/5 to a solid Class 3. Descended via the South Face with great views on the North Face of Whitney, then over Whitney - Russell pass down to Iceberg Lake. Saw a few climbers going up the snow-covered MR. The Whitney trail switchback appeared snow-covered as well.