Grizzly Peak Trip Report 07/19/2013

Peak(s):	Grizzly Peak - 13,997 feet
Date Posted:	07/19/2013
Date Climbed:	06/28/2013
Author:	mattpayne11

Sunset from the Divide - Grizzly Peak
This one took me a few weeks to process all the photos and write-up. I've been super busy lately with work and photographing a wedding/etc. This was a pretty fun solo adventure into the west Sawatch to tackle Grizzly. Thanks to the other trip reports on this site which helped me make my decision on which mountain and route to use. As usual, I have the Full Trip Report on my website, and here are a few teaser images: I really liked this hike - lots of solitude, scenery and some decent route-finding. I highly recommend it. Just don't down-climb in the dark like I did... I was able to get a really insane photo of the Northern Lights - a first for me.

Sunset from the Divide - Grizzly Peak

This one took me a few weeks to process all the photos and write-up. I've been super busy lately with work and photographing a wedding/etc.

This was a pretty fun solo adventure into the west Sawatch to tackle Grizzly. Thanks to the other trip reports on this site which helped me make my decision on which mountain and route to use.

As usual, I have the Full Trip Report on my website, and here are a few teaser images:

I really liked this hike - lots of solitude, scenery and some decent route-finding. I highly recommend it. Just don't down-climb in the dark like I did...

I was able to get a really insane photo of the Northern Lights - a first for me.

Comments or Questions

Elliot	Grizzly from a paved road 7/19/2013 10:19pm Grizzly's East Face can be seen from 82 leadville side, somewhere around twin lake as I recall.
Rainier_Wolfcastle	Nice photos 7/19/2013 10:23pm In some of your past reports, I thought the photos were a bit much for my eyes...but I really enjoyed these. Nice work! I can't imagine descending that route in the dark with an extra 20 lbs on my back
mattpayne11	Paved Road 7/19/2013 10:53pm Ahhh man Elliot you ruined my day haha j/k ~ Thanks man. Thanks Rainier - appreciate it =)
Kane	Nice work! 7/20/2013 2:02am Nice stuff Matt, that last pano sure has that sweet light.
PaliKona	Love it 7/20/2013 3:16am Great trip and photos!!
cftbq	So where's 7/21/2013 2:14pm ...the northern lights photo??
mattpayne11	Northern Lights 7/21/2013 3:47pm This is the one:
vonmackle	Nice work, Matt 8/9/2013 12:52am Glad to see you were able to get away from Payne Farms and do some shooting. Love the shot of the Three Apostles.
mattpayne11	:-) 8/9/2013 4:56am Haha thanks bro - yeah... that takes up some time too... =)

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