Pear Peak
Date: 08/06/2022
Partner: Kristi Henes
Trailhead: Clohesy Lake (4WD Required)
Summits: Pear, PT13220, PT13513, PT13486
Distance: 9.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 4100ft
Duration: 9hrs 20min
A scenic day of mostly easier scrambling bookended with a short section of class 4 on the Pear side and some exposed low 5 on the PT13486 side.
Pear 14ers.com Page
PT13220 14ers.com Page
PT13513 14ers.com Page
PT13486 14ers.com Page
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9.4m - 4100ft - 9hrs 20min
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Approaching Pear's east ridge in the morning light
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Sawatch sunrise views
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Pear Lake and Magdalene Mountain
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Approaching the first tower on Pear's ridge. The only terrain that approaches class 4 on Pear itself.
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Pear's east ridge mostly goes at 2+ after the first tower
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Looking to our day ahead. Huron top right
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Some easy slab
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The (dis) lichen was super slick from the previous night's rain. It significantly slowed our pace. Kristi went down 4 times over the day.
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En-route to Pear. Emerald top left
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The long ridge to Pear. The black lichen was the slickest
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A view north back to our approach and Clohesy Lake
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We were rewarded with a cool inversion over Taylor Reservoir
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The day was just getting started. Views to PT13220(L) and PT13513(R). This section went at 2+ easy 3
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Descending Pear
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The fun and route findy traverse over PT13220 to PT13513 is longer than you might think
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Yep... we still have a bit to go
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Ice (R) and North Apostle (L)
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The spicy PT13486 from PT13513. Huron top left
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We knew the route to PT13486 went but didn't see how from this perspective
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We climbed the steep and exposed east side of PT13486's south ridge.
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There were a few sections of low 5
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North Apostle (L) - West Apostle (R) from PT13486
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The descent from PT13486 back to the trail wasn't too bad
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Views of Iowa(L) and Emerald(R)
