Peak Twelve
Date: 08/25/2025
Partner: Solo, J Weingast
Trailhead: Ruby Basin Camp
Distance: 2.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 1500ft
Duration: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
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Peak Twelve is one of the 9 peaks J and I climbed as a part of our 5 day Needles and Fingers trip. This overview summarizes the trip and includes links to reports for the other peaks we climbed.
If coming from the Ruby camp, hiking Peak Twelve is a relatively short endevor on mostly gentle terrain. Camp to summit took me 50 minutes. If you have the time and energy... consider tackling this peak after your approach from Needleton. The views are phenomenal!
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2.4 miles - 1500ft - 1hr 40min from Ruby Camp
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Hiking up Ruby Basin from camp - Monitor's south walls above
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Hiking Ruby Basin - Pigeon behind
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Skirt the steep slabs on the left
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Approaching the Peak Twelve - Monitor saddle - from here it is an easy walk on gentle terrain to the summit
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J approaching the Peak Tweleve - Monitor saddle from Noname Basin
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Looking back to Monitor from just above the saddle
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Jagged from Twelve's western slope
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North Eolus's western ridge
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Glacier Point
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J hiking Peak Twelve's west ridge - Ruby Basin peaks behind
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J and I stoked for the extra credit summit en-route from Noname Basin to Ruby Basin
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Monitor Peak and Animas Mountain from the summit
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Jagged and Knife Point from the summit
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Glacier Point and Twin Thumbs Pass(orange dirt on left)
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Sunlight Peak in the shade - Peak Eleven center in the sun
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Descending Ruby Basin back to camp
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Peak Fifteen, Turret and Pigeon on the way back to camp
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