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Granite Peak Sep 2002
NOTE: All these photos were scanned from prints
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First climb up Granite Peak with my son Seth, Sep 2002, Saturday, Labor Day Weekend. We parked at the Mystic Lake Trailhead and started up about an hour after sun up. We met 50 mph headwinds on the plateau and scrambled to the top of Froze-To-Death Mountain.
Seth on Froze-To-Death Mountain Enroute to make base camp on the plateau for a Granite Peak ascent the next day. Mount Wood in the background
Seth on Froze-To-Death Mountain with Granite Peak in the background
Seth bundled up heading Westward on Froze-To-Death Plateau in 50 mph winds
From Froze-To-Death Mountain we pressed West across the plateau in 50 mph winds.
Me bundled up heading Westward on Froze-To-Death Plateau in 50 mph winds
Seth's bivy behind rock wall shelter
We found some wind breaks about a mile away from the West edge of the plateau.
The wind was to strong to get a tent up so we rolled out our bags and slept under the stars.
My bivy behind rock wall shelter
Granite Peak in early morning sunlight
Sunday morning.
Looking back halfway across talus West face Tempest slope
Lowary lake from Bivouac Saddle
Avalanche Lake from Bivouac Saddle
The East Ridge and North Face from Bivouac Saddle
The East Ridge, North Face and the Triangle
Mountain goat near the top of the Triangle
The Snow Bridge and top 500 ft of Granite
A view of Tempest from top of the Triangle
Seth on the Table Rock
Granite Peak Summit
View Southwest looking toward Mount Villard
Granite Peak summit looking East toward Tempest Mountain (left) Mount Beal (right)
Seth on Granite Peak summit looking Southeast
View Southeast from Granite Peak summit
Seth down climbing
Seth coming down the Triangle, just right and up from center
Seth trekking across the plateau
Heading home Eastward across FTD Plateau
Seth heading back down the switchbacks
Seth heading back down the switchbacks, Mystic and Island Lakes, West Rosebud drainage
Me heading back down the switchbacks
Mystic and Island Lakes
Sunset on Mystic Lake