Heisspitz Traverse
Date: 08/30/2023
Partner: Solo
Start: Noname Camp
Summits: Peak Four, The Heisspitz
Distance: 4.6m
Elevation Gain: 3650ft
Duration: 7hrs 45min
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Peak Four 14ers.com Page
The Heisspitz 14ers.com Page
A fun ridge run with an engaging climb to The Heisspitz summit. The ridge is fun but slower moving that it looks at first glance.
4.6m - 3650ft - 7hrs 45min
After some light bushwhacking I made it to Peak Four's upper slopes
Looking south to Animas Mountain's impressive north face
Peak Four's upper slopes
Looking west along the ridge from below Peak Four's summit
Southeast views to Sunlight
Just below Peak Four's summit
Looking north to Arrow (L) and Vestal from Peak Four's summit
The Trinities
Jagged to the east
Eolus to the south
Peak Four's summit with Animas Mountain
From Peak Four I would traverse west to the Heisspitz. Doesn't seem too far away
Looking back to the down climb off of Peak Four
The ridge ahead... this is a little slower going than I thought
Arrow and Vestal to the north
The Heisspitz still a ways off
The Heisspitz starting to look steep and mean
Some fun and navigational scrambling on the Heisspitz
Animas is to impressive... Pigeon off to the right
The Heisspitz summit. There were two summit with a register on each. I believe the true summit is the one further to the west
Pigeon!
Time to climb down from The Heisspitz and back along the ridge
After down climbing The Heisspitz I began to look for descent options
I decided to drop here
Decending
The gully began to constrict
Some spicy down climbing... hmmm... wonder if this will go? I ended up having to climb back up a short bit, traverse to climber's left and continue my descent back to the trail