| (1) | | We were already well up on Maroon Peak's eastern slopes as dawn approached. |
| (2) | | Alpine glow and wildflowers on Maroon Peak's eastern slopes. |
| (3) | | Chris and Alan climb Maroon Peak's eastern slopes. |
| (4) | | Maroon Peak's eastern slopes. |
| (5) | | Chris views the summit of Maroon Peak. It's still a ways off. |
| (6) | | Alan and Chris scramble along the western side of Maroon Peak's southern ridge. |
| (7) | | Chris scrambles on the western side of Maroon Peak's southern ridge. |
| (8) | | Chris and Alan scramble up a gully on the western side of Maroon Peak's southern ridge. I believe this is the gully Roach refers to as "dangerously loose." Fun! |
| (9) | | More scrambling on the western side of Maroon Peak's south ridge. |
| (10) | | Finally - Chris closes in on the summit of Maroon Peak. |
| (11) | | Alan is pretty stoked to reach the ridge crest of Maroon Peak and the final push to the summit. |
| (12) | | View of North Maroon Peak from the summit of Maroon Peak. It appeared deceivingly close and we could easily discern climbers on its summit. |
| (13) | | Alan watches Chris downclimb one of the trickier sections off Maroon Peak. |
| (14) | | Looking down Bell Cord Couloir. I'm going to have to come back soon to try this! |
| (15) | | View of the crux of the traverse. Note the climbers for a sense of scale. The lower portion was class 4 or less but some of the upper portion was probably in the 5.3-5.4 range. With a full pack and boots it was a bit spicy! |
| (16) | | Alan climbs the crux of the traverse. |
| (17) | | During the entire traverse we'd been following a group of climbers that had done it before and knew the way. This ledge that cliffed out on the eastern side of the ridge was the only route finding mistake they made! Quite impressive and significantly contributed to our fast time on the traverse. |
| (18) | | Chris and Alan scramble up the last section to the summit of North Maroon Peak - the traverse took us exactly two hours. |
| (19) | | View of Snowmass and Capitol from the summit of North Maroon Peak. |
| (20) | | View of Pyramid Peak from the summit of North Maroon Peak. |
| (21) | | View of Maroon Peak from the summit of North Maroon Peak. |
| (22) | | Alan, Me, and Chris on the summit of North Maroon Peak (Pyramid Peak is in the background). |
| (23) | | Alan and Chris cross a bit of snow on the way down from the summit of North Maroon Peak. |
| (24) | | Alan enters the upper gully for the descent. From here on out we descended a faint trail through loose scree and dirt - brutal on the legs. |
| (25) | | Chris downclimbs the class 4 crux of the Northeast Ridge Route on North Maroon Peak. |
| (26) | | A goat watched us descend portions of the gully. |
| (27) | | Alan hikes away from the rock glacier and North Maroon Peak's North Face. I've heard that the North Face has been skied - difficult to believe. |
| (28) | | View down to Minnehaha Creek from near the rock glacier. |
| (29) | | The obligatory shot of the Maroon Bells from Maroon Lake. |
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