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Route: Southeast Ridge on Teakettle Mountain and the "Coffeepot" from Yankee Boy Basin TH Date: 07-15-2012 Trip Duration: Day trip, 5 1/2 hours car-to-car Trip Length: 3.5 mi RT Climbers: strudolyubov
Early morning light on Gilpin Peak
Lower Southwest slopes of the "Coffeepot": looking towards Sidney Basin
Unpleasant loose stuff on the approach to the "Coffeepot" summit tower
Southwest slopes of the "Coffeepot": view towards Potosi Peak
Potosi Peak as seen from the base of the "Coffeepot" summit tower
View up the summit chimney pitch on the "Coffeepot"
Looking down from the top of the chimney
The "Coffeepot": summit view southeast towards Potosi Peak
Teakettle Mountain as seen from the summit of "Coffeepot"
Traverse to Black Gully
Traverse to Black Gully: view towards Gilpin Peak
A window in the connecting ridge between the "Coffeepot" and Teakettle Mountain
The entrance to the Black Gully
Looking up from the base of the Black Gully
Inside the Black Gully
Looking down the exit out of the gully
The "Coffeepot" and Potosi Peak as seen from above the Black Gully
The upper route to the base of the Teakettle summit tower
Looking down the broad gully cuting through the upper cliffs of Tekettle Mountain
Approaching the summit tower on Teakettle Mountain
Looking up the summit pitch
The upper part of summit pitch
Teakettle summit: the rappel station
Teakettle summit: view southeast with "Coffeepot" and Potosi Peak seen in the background
Teakettle summit: view along the ridge to Mount Sneffels
Looking back at the Teakettle summit tower
Teakettle Mountain as seen from the base of the "Coffeepot" summit tower
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”Unpleasant loose stuff on the approach to the ”Coffeepot” summit tower” I had more colorful words for that section...
Great, descriptive pics that make the Kodak maxim about a thousand words ring true.
mattpayne11: I rappelled off the summit of Teakettle. Wet rock and muddy approach shoes combo is not good for downclimbing. The summit pitch is short, so the 30m 8.0-8.2 mm half rope works fine for the rappel and saves a lot of weight on the approach.
Brian: That is interesting, the rap anchor was in pretty decent condition. One sling looked almost brand new. The weather was not particularly good that day with rain starting a couple of times between 8 and 10 am.
Matt: Must admit I tried to pare it down a little bit
mikefromcraig: Brought it just in case: you never know if there is some ice left in those shaded narrow gulleys (even in July of a dry year).
On the ”fun” side, carrying bulky extra stuff helps training: there is nothing like trying to squeeze through a narrow 5'th class chimney carrying a pack with ice axe and trekking poles strapped to it ...
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