A lone elk was grazing in the gully below Notchtop
Elk sillouette in Lake Helene
Pika. This thing bit me in the middle of the night while I was bivied
Notchtop in early morning light
Beckie on the approach
The lower pitches of the Spiral Route
Beckie on the 2nd pitch
Nearing the ramp that spirals around to the east face
Beckie arriving at the East Meadow
Me with the Ptarmigan couloirs in the background
Beckie at the East Meadow
The last headwall before the notch. We took the obvious crack in the middle of the wall, just to my right
The 5.7 crack up the face
Stemming the dihedral
The last pitch to the notch
RCR following up to the notch
RCR near the summit of the spire
Us at the summit
Ptarmigan Glacier, the sight of a near mishap in April
Another inquisitive dude on the summit
Beckie on the descent. Surprisingly, the descent was completely straightforward
Elephant's head
A turquoise blue tarn to jump into from a high perch
RCR
Downclimbing in the 4th class gully, our descent route
Notchtop spire
The spire from camp, after the climb