East Peak - The End of the Dana Plateau.

 With another storm looming, Doug and I were hoping to sneak in an ascent of the Dana Plateau and get a view before making the series of icy survival turns back to Lee Vining Canyon.  We made it in time to get a taste of some serious wind, and got out before things got ugly.  The pics and the video were taken April 6th.

Here's Doug climbing the last pitch of East Peak before getting onto the Dana Plateau.

 A west wind rips snow off the Dana Plateau onto the eastern flanks of East Peak.

This video to gives a good idea of what the conditions were like on top of the plateau:

Zeb Blais at the top of East Peak.  The North Face of Mount Gibbs is illuminated in the background.