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Thread: Gannett Peak in a day
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05-07-2015, 10:20 AM #1
Gannett Peak in a day
Here's some photos from skiing Gannett Peak last week. We started at the Green River Lakes.
After 13 miles of mostly flat jogging along the Green River we turned up Wells Creek
Then into 'The Cleft'
There's one for the bucket list
When we popped out of the Cleft we were hit with this magnificent view of Gannett
Our route went up the obvious chute on the left side of the peak and then up the north ridge
lots of other peaks to drool over
Here's the final 4th class north ridge to the summit.
my partner wasn't comfortable doing this section so he hung out on the saddle and took photos while I scrambled up to tag the summit
views from zee top!
I remember reading a report by Steve Romeo who said you could just sidestep through the cliff band on the north face, but I wasn't sure exactly where was the best place. So here I am looking around..... It's obvious from my friend's perspective where I should come through but I couldn't hear him so I ended up downclimbing through a much more spicy section. Oh well.
perfect powder on the Gannett Glacier with Dinwoody Creek far below
more glaciers on the west side
heading out
magical lighting with the storm clouds
back down the cleft
Crossing the Green at Three Forks
Squaretop looking awesome in the fading light
Round trip was exactly 40 miles in about 17 hours. It could have been much faster if there was more snow in lower Wells Creek which would have saved us about 2 hours of slow boulder hopping. I'd love to come back in late winter next season and hit some of the other great lines in the area.Last edited by Mark H; 05-07-2015 at 02:52 PM.
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05-07-2015, 10:27 AM #2
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05-07-2015, 10:31 AM #3
What an awesome day, way to crush it!
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05-07-2015, 12:21 PM #4Registered User
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Sounds like a great way to spend a day!
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05-07-2015, 01:01 PM #5
nice day outside!
thx for sharing!
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05-07-2015, 01:16 PM #6Registered User
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yea buddy!
I don't think I could ever do gannett as a ski route because I'd have too much trouble walking past everything else.
so rad!
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05-07-2015, 01:44 PM #7
That's a nice long walk.
"The idea wasnt for me, that I would be the only one that would ever do this. My idea was that everybody should be doing this. At the time nobody was, but this was something thats too much fun to pass up." -Briggs
More stoke, less shit.
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05-07-2015, 01:52 PM #8
Wish I could have joined you for the second try, not sure my IT bands would ever forgive me though . Great job getting it done!
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05-07-2015, 02:31 PM #9
Wow, solid! My IT bands would shrivel up and die for sure on that one, among other things.
"The skis just popped me up out of the snow and I went screaming down the hill on a high better than any heroin junkie." She Ra
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05-07-2015, 05:04 PM #10observing free range rude
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Nice work, impressive sheeyit.
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05-07-2015, 05:10 PM #11
Huge props. Thats not a "day walk in the park" as they say. My buddy and I went from the trailhead outside to Dubois to Elkhart Park a few years ago and it was one of the best peak bagging backpack trips I've ever done. So much scenery. We took 5 days though😉
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05-07-2015, 05:50 PM #12
Impressive to say the least.
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05-08-2015, 02:20 PM #13
Wow
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05-11-2015, 09:44 AM #14
thanks guys!
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05-13-2015, 03:03 PM #15
That's an impressive sufferfest! How many miles did you get to ski vs. hike? You could start doing ultramarathons wearing a pack with skis at that distance for fun!
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05-13-2015, 07:13 PM #16
That's a lotta work there...nice!!
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05-15-2015, 08:31 AM #17Registered User
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I'm very impressed. Well done.
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05-15-2015, 09:39 AM #18observing free range rude
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20miles each way with about half snow travel + what, 5 or 6k vert each way?
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05-19-2015, 10:53 AM #19
about 30 miles on foot, but the objective was worth it. 8000 vert total.
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05-19-2015, 12:07 PM #20
"40 miles in 17 hours"
FUCKING A dude. What stem cells were you chewing on in the car ride out there?? STRONG work!"We're in the eye of a shiticane here Julian, and Ricky's a low shit system!" - Jim Lahey, RIP
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05-19-2015, 12:20 PM #21Huckin it!
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Awesome! If you went up right around when the road opened Im pretty sure we saw your tracks in that west chute a couple days later. We went from Elkhart and camped in Titcomb, then summited on May 4th. Hadnt seen any recent signs of humans till we saw those tracks. Nice work!! Amazing mountains out there!
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05-19-2015, 05:28 PM #22
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05-21-2015, 04:33 PM #23
Thanks. Yup that was us. Was there snow the whole way from Elkhart?
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