Amherst Group

After a stormy night it was wet lower down in the valley. We opted to climb higher and a bit out of the way. This is not the most efficient approach to Sheep.

Sheridan Mountain in the sun with City Reservoir below

Sheridan to the south

On the way to Sheep

Looking north to Peak Twenty Two from Sheep

Descending Sheep aka 'going down on sheep' :-o

Peak Twenty Two is pretty cool!

Peak Twenty Two's scrambly summit

Twenty Two's summit ridge

Looking back to Sheep from Twenty Two

Next up is Organ Peak(R) - Then Amherst(L). Jagged, always demanding attention, is in the back and off to the left

Looking back to Sheep(R) and Twenty Two(L)

Enroute to Organ

Looking back to Twenty Two(L) from the north

Up to the saddle and hang a right to Organ

Northwest views to McCauley Peak from Organ's saddle

More cool views from the saddle

Some kitty litter on the way Organ's scrambly summit block

Dan on Organ

Northwest views to McCauley and Chicago Basin peaks

We descended a cool little gully on Organ's south side

Next stop Amherst

Dan ascends Amherst's northeast ridge

Amherst's summit

Looking back to Organ from Amherst's summit

Valois to the west

Yeah buddy! Amherst summit with Organ behind

Our nasty little descent gully off of Amherst. Wasn't tooo bad

Gonna have to take rocks out of our shoes after that