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The only way down! Sunlight Peak (14059 ft.), Colorado San Juans.
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The only way down! Sunlight Peak (14059 ft.), Colorado San Juans.

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  • A look down at hikers ascending the "green gulley" en route to the northeast ridge of Mount Eolus; Colorado San Juan Range
  • An easy, but VERY NARROW ledge below Pyramid Peak's northeast ridge; Colorado Elk Range.
  • Climbing an exposed ridge just below the summit of Mt. Sneffels (14,150 ft.); Colorado San Juan Range.
  • A line of hikers rope up on the ridge crest below the Castle Peak summit, Colorado Elk Range.
  • Traversing ledges to Sunlight's summit block; Colorado San Juans.
  • A 4th class free-climb up the Sunlight summit block; Colorado San Juans.
  • The only way down! Sunlight Peak (14059 ft.), Colorado San Juans.
  • A hiker squeezes through a narrow gap leading to the Sunlight summit; Colorado San Juans.
  • Hiker "Bulldog" on the final approach to Sunlight's summit; Windom Peak in the background. Colorado San Juans.
  • Climbers traversing a notch below Windom's summit; Colorado San Juans.
  • A hiker negotiates the southeast ridge of Sunlight Peak, Colorado San Juans.
  • A lone hiker stands on the summit of Crestone Needle; seen from the Humboldt Peak trail.
  • Climbing the west gully at 13,800 feet on Crestone Needle's south face; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • A steep climb at 13,500 ft. up the east gully on Crestone Needle's south face; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Climbers descending the lower east gully, 13,300 ft., on Crestone Needle's south face; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Downclimbing at 14,000 feet on Crestone Needle's upper south face ; Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range.
  • Climbers approach the Snowmass Mountain summit along the north ridge; Capitol Peak dominates the view to the north. Colorado Elk Range
  • A climber stands at the top of the "notch" to the upper south ridge of Snowmass Mountain; Colorado Elk Range
  • Reaching the summit of Snowmass Mountain (14,092 ft.); Colorado Elk Range
  • Hiking down the "rockmass," Snowmass Mountain's east slopes; Colorado Elk Range
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