Storm King - Seven - Nine
Date: 9/6/2020
Partners:
Kristi Henes (Storm King & Peak Nine)
Solo(Peak Seven)
Trailhead: Stormy Gulch Camp
Summits:
* Storm King - Class 3
* Peak Seven - Class 3
* Peak Nine - Class 4
Distance: 11.5m
Elevation Gain: 5150ft
Duration: 11hrs
GPX
A full value day of scrambling on three classic peaks with views second to none
Storm King 14ers.com Page
Peak Seven 14ers.com Page
Peak Nine 14ers.com Page
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11.5m - 5150ft - 11hrs
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Sunset on Storm King
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Kristi hikes the steep slope to Silex Lake
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Kristi at Lake Silex with Peak Nine above
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Looking across Lake Silex to the awful saddle I climbed a few days earlier
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A view west to the Trinities from the Storm King saddle
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Ok... time to climb Storm King
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There was some fun class 3 scrambling on solid rock
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There was also some loose rock to navigate
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Alex approaching Storm King's summit
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The incredible Peak Nine from Storm King. In just a few hours we would be standing on Nine's summit
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Storm King Summit Selfie
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Kristi on Storm King's summit ridge
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Jagged and Friends behind Leviathan
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Descending Storm King
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The hike from Storm King to Peak Seven
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Un-Ranked Peak Eight
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Kristi sun bathed by this lake while I climbed Peak Seven
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There was lots of slabby flat iron style climbing on Peak Seven
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Eolus and Peak Twelve from Peak Seven
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Storm King from Peak Seven
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Looking East from Peak Seven: Peak Nine in the foreground with Silex and Gaurdian Behind
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Southern view from Peak Seven... never gets old
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Balsam Lake with Vestal and the Trinities from Peak Seven
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Peak Seven Summit Selfie... now on to the baddest boy of the group... Peak Nine
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On the way to Peak Nine we stayed well above the lake and aimed to the grassy ledge close to the top left of the image
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Alex on the grassy ledge
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We traversed east the grassy ledge for about 1/3 of a mile before climbing up a class 3 gully to the ridge
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The route was well cairned and the scrambling was engaging and fun
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The summit ridge was long and the summit seemed elusive at times
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A little bit of exposure above Lake Silex. Silex and The Guardian behind
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A little class 4 before the summit
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Kristi topping out on the class 4 below the summit
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Summit Selfie... now that was a fun one!
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Kristi descends the class 4 section below the summit
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We retraced out steps. Kristi descends Peak Nine's summit ridge with Peak Seven in the distance
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Traversing back above a sloping cliff
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Back down the grassy ledge
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We took this cool channel between Peak Eight and Peak Nine back to the Storm King saddle
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Kristi hiking back to the Storm King saddle
