14ers.com • Peak Condition Update

Peak:	Twin Peaks B Northeast (13er)
Route:	Twin Peaks B Saddle Descent after Rinker Peak
Range:	Sawatch
Posted By:	supranihilest
Date of Info:	10/11/2020
Date Posted:	10/11/2020

Details
Nothing really significant between the Twin summits. It's about ten minutes one way between them on talus. The best descent is to return via Rinker's south slopes; the Twin Peaks saddle gully descent is terrible, very steep and incredibly loose. I wore microspikes down the gully due to how loose it was. Conditions on this route likely changed significantly between my summit and now; it was snowing and blowing hard and harder while I was up there and there's likely been a decent amount of accumulation up high.

Details

Nothing really significant between the Twin summits. It's about ten minutes one way between them on talus. The best descent is to return via Rinker's south slopes; the Twin Peaks saddle gully descent is terrible, very steep and incredibly loose. I wore microspikes down the gully due to how loose it was. Conditions on this route likely changed significantly between my summit and now; it was snowing and blowing hard and harder while I was up there and there's likely been a decent amount of accumulation up high.

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