Peak Fifteen
Date: 08/09/2021
Partner: Robby Grace, Kristi Henes
Trailhead: Ruby Basin Camp
Summits: Peak Fifteen, Peak Sixteen
Distance: 2.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 2500ft
Duration: 8 Hours 45 Minutes
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2.8m - 2500ft - 8hrs 45min
PANO: We climbed this gully just up from camp. Peak Fifteen is the third bump to the right of the saddle
Climbing the gully
The gully climbed better than it looked
Contouring around to Fifteen's south gully
Finding the gully
There was some water in the gully making a few of the class 4 moves rather spicy
We did not rope up for the traverse to the base of the climb. Seemed like a rope would have made things more complex than required. We aimed for a Volkswagen looking rock to start the climb
Alex brings Kristi up the first section of climbing
Robby finding his feet at the first bulge
Such a cool place!
Robby nears the top of the climb at the bush above
Off rope scramble to the summit
Kristi with Eolus and North Eolus
Nearing the summit
Summit views: L2R - Turret and Pigeon
Summit Selfie with Pigeon(far L) and Turret(R)
Descending the summit ridge looking for rap stations
We down climbed the first rap
From the second rap station
Third and largest rap to the Fifteen-Sixteen saddle
Climbing Sixteen is a short and pleasant scramble on solid class four rock. Don't skip it!
Kristi on typical Sixteen rock
Sixteen summit selfie with Peak Fifteen
Descending back to the Fifteen-Sixteen saddle
Rapping the class four in the gully
Animas(L) and Monitor(R) from the Little Finger gully
Bottom of the gully - almost back to camp