Storm King - Seven - Nine
Date: 9/6/2020
Partners:
Kristi Henes (Storm King & Peak Nine)
Solo(Peak Seven)
Trailhead: Stormy Gulch Camp
Summits:
* Storm King - Class 3
* Peak Seven - Class 3
* Peak Nine - Class 4
Distance: 11.5m
Elevation Gain: 5150ft
Duration: 11hrs
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A full value day of scrambling on three classic peaks with views second to none
Storm King 14ers.com Page
Peak Seven 14ers.com Page
Peak Nine 14ers.com Page
11.5m - 5150ft - 11hrs
Sunset on Storm King
Kristi hikes the steep slope to Silex Lake
Kristi at Lake Silex with Peak Nine above
Looking across Lake Silex to the awful saddle I climbed a few days earlier
A view west to the Trinities from the Storm King saddle
Ok... time to climb Storm King
There was some fun class 3 scrambling on solid rock
There was also some loose rock to navigate
Alex approaching Storm King's summit
The incredible Peak Nine from Storm King. In just a few hours we would be standing on Nine's summit
Storm King Summit Selfie
Kristi on Storm King's summit ridge
Jagged and Friends behind Leviathan
Descending Storm King
The hike from Storm King to Peak Seven
Un-Ranked Peak Eight
Kristi sun bathed by this lake while I climbed Peak Seven
There was lots of slabby flat iron style climbing on Peak Seven
Eolus and Peak Twelve from Peak Seven
Storm King from Peak Seven
Looking East from Peak Seven: Peak Nine in the foreground with Silex and Gaurdian Behind
Southern view from Peak Seven... never gets old
Balsam Lake with Vestal and the Trinities from Peak Seven
Peak Seven Summit Selfie... now on to the baddest boy of the group... Peak Nine
On the way to Peak Nine we stayed well above the lake and aimed to the grassy ledge close to the top left of the image
Alex on the grassy ledge
We traversed east the grassy ledge for about 1/3 of a mile before climbing up a class 3 gully to the ridge
The route was well cairned and the scrambling was engaging and fun
The summit ridge was long and the summit seemed elusive at times
A little bit of exposure above Lake Silex. Silex and The Guardian behind
A little class 4 before the summit
Kristi topping out on the class 4 below the summit
Summit Selfie... now that was a fun one!
Kristi descends the class 4 section below the summit
We retraced out steps. Kristi descends Peak Nine's summit ridge with Peak Seven in the distance
Traversing back above a sloping cliff
Back down the grassy ledge
We took this cool channel between Peak Eight and Peak Nine back to the Storm King saddle
Kristi hiking back to the Storm King saddle