West Partner Peak
Date: 9/25/2020
Partner: Kristi Henes
Trailhead: Booth Creek TH
Distance: 12.25m
Elevation Gain: 5000ft
Duration: 7hrs 45min
Difficlutly: Class 3
Another fun day of scrambling and views in the Gores. The Booth Trail is relatively mellow... but the gully to the ridge was steep. West Partner's south ridge has lots of fun class 3 scrambling on solid rock. Descending the west ridge was also fun and relatatively solid.
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12.25m - 5000ft - 7hrs 45min
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After 3.5 miles on the trail we headed up a gully to the ridge
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Kristi assessing options. It got steep and loose towards the top of the gully. Turns out there was a better gully just a bit further on the trail.
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The views were great when we gained the ridge. East Partner and Pitkin Lake
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Making our way along the ridge towards West Partner
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Booth Lake and The Fly's south east face
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Alex on the ridge with Outpost Peak looking burly in the distance
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A great view of the Partner Traverse from the south.
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Kristi making her way on the west ridge
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East Partner and the traverse from a little higher
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Pitkin Lake and Outpost Peak
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Another great view of East Partner and the traverse. After climbing this section to the summit ridge there was still plenty of scrambling to be had.
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Approaching the summit
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Summit selfie with the amazing Peak Q on the right
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Wow... still snow on the north aspect of East Partner
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Peak Q
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The Spider and The Fly looking like bat ears. Booth Lake left - Upper Piney Lake right
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Descending West Partner's west ridge. We stopped at the un-named small lake then descended from the top of the lake back down to the trail
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R2L: The Spider and the Fly
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Looking to Piney Lake and Peak C
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Descending the maze of granite and grass. This is an incredible place!
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Would love to spend a few days at this lake
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On the road again... Outpost and our ascent gully on the left
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Late September in Colorado is fairly incredible
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