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.
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4.6m - 3650ft - 7hrs 45min
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After some light bushwhacking I made it to Peak Four's upper slopes
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Looking south to Animas Mountain's impressive north face
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Peak Four's upper slopes
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Looking west along the ridge from below Peak Four's summit
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Southeast views to Sunlight
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Just below Peak Four's summit
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Looking north to Arrow (L) and Vestal from Peak Four's summit
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The Trinities
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Jagged to the east
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Eolus to the south
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Peak Four's summit with Animas Mountain
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From Peak Four I would traverse west to the Heisspitz. Doesn't seem too far away
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Looking back to the down climb off of Peak Four
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The ridge ahead... this is a little slower going than I thought
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Arrow and Vestal to the north
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The Heisspitz still a ways off
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The Heisspitz starting to look steep and mean
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Some fun and navigational scrambling on the Heisspitz
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Animas is to impressive... Pigeon off to the right
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The Heisspitz summit. There were two summit with a register on each. I believe the true summit is the one further to the west
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Pigeon!
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Time to climb down from The Heisspitz and back along the ridge
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After down climbing The Heisspitz I began to look for descent options
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I decided to drop here
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Decending
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The gully began to constrict
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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
