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Over Labor Day weekend Andrea (andilee) and I drove from Salt Lake City down to the San Juans. We started by climbing Sneffels via the SW ridge on Friday morning (9/3), then took the train from Silverton and backpacked up to Chicago Basin. On Saturday (9/4) we climbed the four peaks in the Eolus group. On Sunday (9/5) we packed out of Chicago Basin, took the train back to Silverton, then packed into Wetterhorn Basin via the West Fork trail. We finished off the trip with a quick ascent of Wetterhorn on Monday (9/6), then headed back to SLC. I've posted a three part trip report on my blog:
We'd highly recommend the western approach for Wetterhorn... its an amazing place to spend the night. I've posted some of the better pictures I took below; there are a bunch more in the individual trip reports.
As everyone who was out last weekend can attest, the weather was absolutely phenomenal! I lived in Colorado for 2 years, and don't remember having a nicer 4 day stretch! :-)
Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):
I have a tendency to ABUSE cameras, so I (finally) recently broke down and got a waterproof / shockproof Pentax Optio W90. This was my first trip using it, and I was really pleased. The image quality is great... its almost as light and small as my Canon SD780, but I don't have to worry about breaking it anymore. I think it will really pay off during ski season. I use Hugin to do a quick stitch on my panoramics.
It was nice to meet you on the saddle of Wetterhorn. If I had your camera that summit shot would have came out a lot nicer. Nice work on the peaks and great photography. Thanks for sharing!
Wow - super nice photos allowing us to live it vicariously! Thanks for posting!
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