Leviathan & Vallecito
Date: 08-26-21
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Hunchback TH
Summits: Leviathan Peak & Vallecito Mountain
Distance: 18m
Elevation Gain: 5600ft
Duration: 10.5hrs
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Leviathan 14ers.com Page
Vallecito 14ers.com Page
On approach to Rock Lake to finish the Bi-Cents on OSO I setup camp at the Rock Creek cutoff and hiked Leviathan and Vallecito. There was some light bushwhacking on approach to Leviathan Lake and descending back to the valley from Vallecito. The views on this hike were un-parrelled.
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18m - 5600ft - 10.5hrs
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Views of Nebo and the Peters Group from Hunchback Pass
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Silex and The Guardian
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L2R: Silex, Peak 9 and Storm King
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Light bushwacking on approach to Leviathan Lake
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Leviathan Lake
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Leviathan Lake
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Some less than fun terrain above Leviathan Lake en-route to the Leviathan's west ridge
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Jagged stuns from Leviathan's west ridge
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Leviathan's west ridge
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The last push to Leviathan's summit
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Does it get any better? Mountains aren't bad either... hahaha. Leviathan summit selfie
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Vallecito from Leviathan
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Descending from Leviathan
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Jagged and Leviathan from Vallecito
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Windom, Sunlight and Jagged from Vallecito
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Windom and Sunlight from Vallectio. If you look closely the Spire can be seen between them(which I climbed the following week)
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Bi-Cent finisher Oso in the sun right of center
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Views of Oso
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Before the bushwhack
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I walked up stream and found a descent creek crossing before hoping back on the trail
