Amherst Group
Date: 08/01/2023
Partner: Dan Rosebosky
Trailhead: City Reservoir Camp
Summits:
* Sheep
* Peak Twenty Two
* Organ
* Amherst
Distance: 9.6m
Elevation Gain: 4700ft
Duration: 6 hours 50 Minutes
GPX
Sheep Mountain D 14ers.com Page
Peak Twenty Two 14ers.com Page
Organ Mountain B 14ers.com Page
Amherst Mountain 14ers.com Page
Consider adding peaks Twenty One and Emerson to this route
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9.6m - 4700ft - 6 hours 50 Minutes
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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.
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Sheridan Mountain in the sun with City Reservoir below
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Sheridan to the south
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On the way to Sheep
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Looking north to Peak Twenty Two from Sheep
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Descending Sheep aka 'going down on sheep' :-o
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Peak Twenty Two is pretty cool!
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Peak Twenty Two's scrambly summit
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Twenty Two's summit ridge
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Looking back to Sheep from Twenty Two
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Next up is Organ Peak(R) - Then Amherst(L). Jagged, always demanding attention, is in the back and off to the left
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Looking back to Sheep(R) and Twenty Two(L)
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Enroute to Organ
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Looking back to Twenty Two(L) from the north
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Up to the saddle and hang a right to Organ
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Northwest views to McCauley Peak from Organ's saddle
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More cool views from the saddle
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Some kitty litter on the way Organ's scrambly summit block
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Dan on Organ
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Northwest views to McCauley and Chicago Basin peaks
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We descended a cool little gully on Organ's south side
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Next stop Amherst
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Dan ascends Amherst's northeast ridge
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Amherst's summit
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Looking back to Organ from Amherst's summit
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Valois to the west
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Yeah buddy! Amherst summit with Organ behind
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Our nasty little descent gully off of Amherst. Wasn't tooo bad
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Gonna have to take rocks out of our shoes after that
