Quarter Peak

11.5 miles 7400 vertical 7 hours 30 minutes summit time

Looking north to Sunshine Peak while hiking the trail on Cataract Gulch

Cool waterfall on the Cataract Gulch trail

Looking west from the trail to Quarter Peak

Looking south from the trail into Cataract Gulch

Looking southwest to Cataract Lake from Quarter's south flank

A fantastic view of Half from Quarter's south flank

Uh oh... I wasn't expecting this! Looking north to Quarter's summit.

I explored a bit so see if there was a reasonable route to the summit from the south .

After exploring a few potential routes to the summit I reluctantly dropped down a loose gully then climbed to the north ridge.

Looking back at the terrain I bypassed

After gaining the north ridge Quarter's false summit comes into view.

Looking south from the false summit to Quarter's summit

Looking north I could see Uncompahgre, Wetterhorn and Coxcomb (right to left)

Looking west to American, Jones and Niagra

Looking north to Sunshine and Redcloud

Looking south to the terrain I bypassed earlier in the day

The views of Half were unparalleled

Summit Selfie

The fall colors weren't too shabby

More of the terrain I avoided by descending a loose gully

Looking back to Quarter

It was pretty cool to see this herd

Cataract Gulch

Sunshine Peak in the fall colors on the hike out