El Diente Peak (14,159) South San Juan Mountains
Route: North Slopes/East Ridge via Silver Pick Basin and the
Rock of Ages Saddle
Distance: 11.3 miles round trip
Vertical: 6560 feet
Time: 12 hours
Date: April 21, 2016
After a 3:00 AM start, we convered the 4 miles and 3300 vertical climb to arrive at the 13,000 ft. Rock of Ages Saddle just as it was getting light. Here are our fist view of El Diente Peak.
Skiing into Navajo Basin from the saddle.
Starting up the north face.
Looking back at the Rock of Ages Saddle and Wilson Peak.
Looking back down the north face from near the east ridge.
Mt. Wilson from the east ridge.
Looking down the northwest face from the summit.
Views from the summit.
Brad on top.
Better view of the northwest face. The fox traverse looks tame today.
Preparing to head back down.
The Rock of Ages Saddle and Wilson Peak again.
Brad works carefully down the ridge.
Looking back along the ridge.
Time to put the skis back on.
Skiing the north face.
Views on the way back down.
Our tracks on the apron as we start the climb back to the Rock of Ages Saddle.
Views from the third clib of the day.
Quality skiing all the way back to the truck.
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