Monitor and Animas
Date: 08/10/2021
Partner: Kristi Henes
Trailhead: Ruby Basin Camp
Distance: 2.75 miles
Elevation Gain: 2700ft
Duration: 7 Hours
GPX
Monitor Peak 14ers.com Page
Peak Thirteen 14ers.com Page
Animas Mountain 14ers.com Page
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2.75m - 2700ft - 7 Hrs
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Animas(L) - Monitor(R)
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Climbing the steep grass on the southwest slope - camp below
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Sunrise light on Pigeon
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Peak Fifteen(L) and Turret (R)
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Looking up to Animas
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Looking up to Monitor
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Exploring ascent options
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We found a weakness... wasn't more than class 4
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Up!
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There was a cairn here that lead us to another gully.
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A fun little tunnel
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Climbed this gully to the summit
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Approaching the summit
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Summit views of Arrow, Vestal and the Trinities
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Summit views of Sixteen, Fifteen, Turret and Pigeon
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Sixteen, Fifteen and Turret
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Ruby Lake and the Twilights
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Where we are going! Animas(R) and Peak Thirteen(R)
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Eolus and North Eolus
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We descended the way we came and crossed over to the Monitor-Thirteen saddle
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Jagged and Knife Point
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Looking back to Monitor from it's saddle with Thirteen
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Blocky scrambling on Peak Thirteen's granite and quartz
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Some spots felt steep and exposed
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Jagged views ascending Thirteen
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Climbing to the summit ridge
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Peak Thirteen summit view with Sunlight and Windom
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Summit selfie with Fifteen, Turret and Pigeon (L2R)
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Descending Thirteen's north ridge to Animas required some route finding and 4+ down climbing... we even saw a rap station.
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Kristi hiking towards Animas with Peak Thirteen behind.
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Peak Thirteen(L) and Monitor(R)
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Sizing up Animas's southeast ridge
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Fun class 3 on solid granite
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Kristi approaching the summit - Jagged behind
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Animas summit selfie with Peak Fifteen and Turret
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L2R: Little Finger, Sixteen, Fifteen, Turret and Pigeon
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Descending Animas
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There was even a bit of surfing... although my calf was tagged with a softball sized rock from above
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Scoping descent options
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Kristi descends a steep section with Peak Thirteen above
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Back to the grass and back to camp
