T0
Campbell - T0 - West Dallas
Date: 8/24/2024
Trailhead: Eider Creek TH
Summits:
* Campbell (UR) (solo, Jim Griffiths)
* T0 (solo, Jim Griffiths)
* West Dallas (UR) (Jim Griffiths)
Distance: 9.8m
Elevation Gain: 5650ft
Duration: 9hrs
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Campbell 14ers.com Page
T0 14ers.com Page
West Dallas 14ers.com Page
I have climbed Campell and T0 twice now. The first trip was solo on a bluebird day as an out and back.
The second trip was on a moody weather day with Jim and we looped it up by adding West Dallas to the mix.
This gallery contains images from both outings.
The route over Campbell to T0 is straight forward and has a move or two of easy class 3 below Campbell.
The ridge connecting T0 and West Dallas is a fun class 2+ traverse with some loose/rotten rock in places. The rule is to generally stay on the ridge and avoid the steep loose rock on the slopes below. There were a couple of spots where we dropped a short distance to the left (north) to work around problems... these spots will be obvious.
Descending West Dallas to the south was a mix of hero scree surfing and tedious dinner plates. However it eventually gives way to grass and takes you back to the trail system for a cruiser hike back to the trailhead. The basin below Dallas and West Dallas is a cool place to be and has with great views to the south. This was a cool loop!
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9.8m - 5650ft - 9hrs
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We left the trail after a few miles and ascended through some trees with minimal bushwhacking then climbed this steep grassy meadow
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Hello! From this feature we hiked a ridge on climbers left of the steep grassy meadow
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Looking south to the Wilson Group
After slogging up the grassy meadow we gained the ridge.
Tough to see but the route is on the right and was marked with cairns
T0 looking proud with it's cool hoodoos
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Jim close to the section with a few easy class 3 moves
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Solid and blocky
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Continuing along the ridge to Campbell
Looking down the south east ridge
After climbing over the class 3 section 12er Campbell comes into view.
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Pano: Campbell - T0
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Jim close to Campbell
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L2R: T0, West Dallas, Dallas
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After summiting and descending Campbell we climbed to T0's summit
Mears Peak is a real eye catcher
Looking back down at Campbell and across to the Wilsons from T0
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Looking east across the ridge to towards our next objective... West Dallas
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Navigation on the ridge connecting to West Dallas is straight forward. However there are a couple of sections with rotten and loose rock
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Just how I like'em wet and loose
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Sometimes the rock is awkward to walk on other times it is just fine
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Looking back towards T0
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A fun section of up and over
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Looking back towards T0
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It wasn't hard to peel two inch layers off of the rotten rock
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Jim bypassing this section of ridge on the left
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Cool to look at but good reason to walk around this stuff. You could pull them out like Jenga blocks
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A nice walk on shale to the West Dallas summit
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Incredible northwestern views from West Dallas - Jim close to the summit
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Dallas Peak to the east from the summit
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Sneffels in the clouds with Blue Lake below
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Mears is mesmerizing
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Descending West Dallas
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T0 on descent
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Some of the descent was hero scree surfing, some was tedious dinner plates
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Amongst the hoo-doos
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Jim enjoys some soft dirt surfing
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The scree gives way to grass in the impressive basin below Dallas and West Dallas.
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Emma making her presence known
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We eventually connected back the trail system. Campbell and the easy 3 nub behind
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Awesome Aspens... might be a good hike for early October?



































