Peak “S”, South Slate Drainage
I awoke again fairly late, this time around 8 AM. My plan was to climb Peaks “R” and “S”, three days in a row of lots of exertion! So, after a short breakfast, I packed up a light pack and headed up. I decided to head to the saddle between “S” [...]
Peaks “U” (”West Partner Peak”), “Q”, and “P”
Waking up and heading out felt good. Moving forward and deeper into the wild is always exciting. I was in to new territory. My first idea was to hike up to the bowl underneath “West Partner Peak” aka Peak “U”, drop my pack and climb the peak. West [...]
I was very excited: my first Gore Range trip in almost two years. Unfortunately, my regular hiking partner, Ken, wasn’t able to make it so this trip turned into a solo expedition. I was originally planning to explore the Black Creek region but decided at the last moment to postpone that when I had company. [...]
A trip to Upper Slate Lake was something I was looking forward to for a couple of years. Finally, I got the opportunity to go. I could have easily made the trip solo but I didn’t want to attempt these difficult peaks solo. So, Ken came along for this trip. We originally planned this trip [...]
I finally decided to go to Upper Boulder Lake this weekend to attempt Peak “Z Prime” and Peak “Z”. I wisely decided to take a rest the weekend before so I felt fresh and was excited about visiting this remote area. This was actually my second solo backpack into the Gores, the earlier one being [...]
