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Little Bear Peak, Sangre de Cristo Range

14,037 ft., 44th highest in Colorado
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From the south face of Little Bear Peak, the early morning sun casts a magnificent shadow of the Sierra Blanca Massif over the San Luis Valley.
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From the south face of Little Bear Peak, the early morning sun casts a magnificent shadow of the Sierra Blanca Massif over the San Luis Valley.

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  • Southern Sangre de Cristo 14ers
  • Little Bear Peak and the connecting ridge to Blanca Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Climbers on the summit of Little of Bear Peak, towering 7000 feet above the San Luis Valley; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • The Sierra Blanca Massif (Little Bear Peak to the right of center) as seen from the start of Lake Como Road; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Evening alpenglow illuminates the north face of Little Bear Peak as rain falls on Lake Como; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • Little Bear Peak with its connecting ridge to Blanca Peak towers of Crater Lake; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • The Sierra Blanca Massif (Little Bear Peak to the right of center) rises 7000 feet over the San Luis Valley; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • A belayed downclimb of the treacherous "hourglass" gully just below the summit of Little Bear Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • Panoramic view of Little Bear Peak, Ellingwood Point and the San Luis Valley to the west as seen from the summit of Blanca Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • Careful climbing in the steep, loose, lower north gully of Little Bear Peakin during the early morning darkness; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • A climber nears the top of the 600 vertical-foot gully on Little Bear's lower north side; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • The view west into the San Luis Valley, just before sunrise, from the west ridge of Little Bear Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • From the south face of Little Bear Peak, the early morning sun casts a magnificent shadow of the Sierra Blanca Massif over the San Luis Valley.
  • Looking up at the ominous "hourglass" gully a few hundred feet below the summit of Little Bear Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • Climbing the steep, narrow and WET hourglass gully at 13,500 feet, just below the summit of Little Bear Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • Climbing the steep, narrow and WET hourglass gully at 13,500 feet, just below the summit of Little Bear Peak. The fixed ropes are in poor condition and provide only minimal security; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • A climber, at 14,000 feet, approaches the coveted summit of Little Bear Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
  • On the summit of Little Bear Peak (14,037 ft.). Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Little Bear Peak and the connecting ridge to Blanca Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Looking back after descending the treacherous "hourglass" gully on Little Bear Peak; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range
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