Peak Twelve
Date: 08/08/2021
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Ruby Basin Camp
Distance: 2.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 1500ft
Duration: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
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From camp, hiking Peak Twelve is a relatively short endevor on mostly gentle terrain. Camp to summit took about 50 minutes. If you have the time and energy... consider tackling this peak after your approach from Needleton. The views are phenomenal!
2.4 miles - 1500ft - 1hr 40min
Hiking up Ruby Basin from camp - Monitor's south walls above
Hiking Ruby Basin - Pigeon behind
Skirt the steep slabs on the left
Approaching the Peak Twelve - Monitor saddle - from here it is an easy walk on gentle terrain to the summit
Looking back to Monitor from just above the saddle
Jagged from Twelve's western slope
North Eolus's western ridge
Glacier Point
Monitor Peak and Animas Mountain from the summit
Jagged and Knife Point from the summit
Glacier Point and Twin Thumbs Pass(orange dirt on left)
Sunlight Peak in the shade - Peak Eleven center in the sun
Descending Ruby Basin back to camp
Peak Fifteen, Turret and Pigeon on the way back to camp