Peak Fifteen
Date: 08/09/2021
Partner: Robby Grace, Kristi Henes
Trailhead: Ruby Basin Camp
Summits: Peak Fifteen, Peak Sixteen
Distance: 2.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 2500ft
Duration: 8 Hours 45 Minutes
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Peak Fifteen 14ers.com Page
Peak Sixteen 14ers.com Page
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2.8m - 2500ft - 8hrs 45min
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PANO: We climbed this gully just up from camp. Peak Fifteen is the third bump to the right of the saddle
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Climbing the gully
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The gully climbed better than it looked
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Contouring around to Fifteen's south gully
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Finding the gully
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There was some water in the gully making a few of the class 4 moves rather spicy
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We did not rope up for the traverse to the base of the climb. Seemed like a rope would have made things more complex than required. We aimed for a Volkswagen looking rock to start the climb
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Alex brings Kristi up the first section of climbing
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Robby finding his feet at the first bulge
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Such a cool place!
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Robby nears the top of the climb at the bush above
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Off rope scramble to the summit
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Kristi with Eolus and North Eolus
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Nearing the summit
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Summit views: L2R - Turret and Pigeon
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Summit Selfie with Pigeon(far L) and Turret(R)
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Descending the summit ridge looking for rap stations
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We down climbed the first rap
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From the second rap station
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Third and largest rap to the Fifteen-Sixteen saddle
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Climbing Sixteen is a short and pleasant scramble on solid class four rock. Don't skip it!
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Kristi on typical Sixteen rock
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Sixteen summit selfie with Peak Fifteen
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Descending back to the Fifteen-Sixteen saddle
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Rapping the class four in the gully
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Animas(L) and Monitor(R) from the Little Finger gully
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Bottom of the gully - almost back to camp
