Capitol from the summit of N. Maroon
Our friend followed us to the summit
The view towards Buckskin Pass from the summit of N. Maroon
The massive west face of Pyramid Peak
We descended the NW ridge of N. Maroon, an extremely long and tedious affair.
Beckie, well camoflauged.
Beckie
The NW ridge went smoothly until we reached the Gunsight. Then we were forced into a sketchy rappel and downclimb to reach the bottom of the couloir
The Maroon Bells are litterally falling down
Avy debris
Avy debris and the Gunsight couloir at the upper right. It took us over an hour to descend the couloir
Beckie looking for glissadable slopes, Pyramid in the background
Me
Me at the bottom of Gunsight couloir, 12 pm
Heading back to camp at Crater Lake. We were able to glissade almost the whole way to the creek below
The N. Face of N. Maroon
Beckie and Andy
Beckie taking the fast way down
Aspens and N. Maroon
Back at Crater Lake, 1 pm, 9 1/2 hours after beginning our ascent
Looking towards Maroon Pass from Crater Lake
Spring skunk cabbage
Green
Waterfall pouring off of N. Maroon
Packing out
The Bells
Pyramid, a long way up
The valley literally glows this early in the spring
The Bells from Maroon Lake
Ok, one more shot