13er ridges you might think go but actually don't

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Re: 13er ridges you might think go but actually don't

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TravelingMatt wrote: Sawatch:
Independence Pass south to 13198
Huh, glad I stopped by this thread. I think I'll scratch that off the list. :P
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Broken Hand to Milwaukee. Was able to make it Broken Hand to saddle - barely - but bailed into the Cottonwood drainage. Good times.
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Tony1 wrote:
TravelingMatt wrote: Sawatch:
Independence Pass south to 13198
Huh, glad I stopped by this thread. I think I'll scratch that off the list. :P
But yet you can easily get to 13,198 (Mountain Boy) from Inde Pass. Classic ski loop/car shuttle. Did it a few years ago.
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[*]Climber's Pt -> PT 12,844 (between Keller and North Traverse) via Bershgrund Pass.
Dad Mike has a trip report about doing this in a rain storm with 0 visibility and said it goes at Class 3-4 using bypasses to the east/north if I recall correctly. There is a 5.4+ vertical-ish knife edge move in order to stay ridge proper. We had to bypass to the west/south due to a dusting to 3" of snow on the east/north side.
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Chicago Transplant wrote:Truro to West Truro, the towers don't show up on the topo and you have to go around them.
I remember this now; I was trying to go 13090 --> West Truro --> Truro. The 13090/WT ridge has some nice scrambly parts but I got some 100 feet down from West Truro and decided screw it, retracing my route back over West Truro. I recall spotting a more reasonable route up from Truro Lake.

Another "Kendallesque" pair seems to be the two Haydens, southwest of Ouray.
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Has anyone made it from Fortress to Precipice (or vice versa)?
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awilbur77 wrote:Atlantic to Fletcher
Also Drift to Fletcher, although it looks like you can bypass the class-5 notch by dropping down on the north side a ways.
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Snowdon/South Snowdon. Some help you are, Internet!
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South Maroon to Belleview Mtn. While I do not remember any dedicated 5th class moves, the route was loose enough to make the "never again" list.

I thought I was going out for a fun afternoon ridge run, and ended up with a bike ride down Maroon Creek Rd. in the dark.
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Post by Wildernessjane »

Jim Davies wrote:
awilbur77 wrote:Atlantic to Fletcher
Also Drift to Fletcher, although it looks like you can bypass the class-5 notch by dropping down on the north side a ways.
It's actually a pretty fun traverse: http://www.14ers.com/route.php?route=20 ... type=13ers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by CreekRunner »

Pink Peak to Red Peak B. I haven't heard of anyone attempting this traverse, and I wonder if it would even be worth it. (C'mon people, Unranked 12ers != :sleep:)
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Re: 13er ridges you might think go but actually don't

Post by John Prater »

CreekRunner wrote:Pink Peak to Red Peak B.
Believe that's Red Diamond Ridge. TR
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