JULY 2-4, 2005
Colorado has 54 peaks over 14,000 feet, and on the July 4th weekend Warren Teissier, Kurt Mensch and I travelled to the Aspen area
to tackle some of them: Pyramid Peak, Castle Peak, Conundrum Peak (really a sub-peak of Castle) and Missouri Mountain.
George Bell joined us for the day on Castle and Conundrum.
 July 2: Kurt and Warren in the basin below the north face of Pyramid Peak |
 Looking across Pyramid's north-west ridge to Snowmass Mountain, Capitol Peak and Buckskin Pass |
 Warren and Kurt in the couloir leading up to Pyramid's north-east ridge |
 A couple of other climbers ahead of us on Pyramid's north-east ridge. |
 Kurt, me and Warren on the summit of Pyramid; Snowmass Mountain and Capitol Peak on the horizon |
 Pyramid Peak as seen from below |
 July 3: George Bell in the basin below Castle Peak (left) and Conundrum Peak (right) |
 George nearing the top of the east couloir on Conundrum, with Castle in the background. Warren and Kurt are hidden in the shade. |
 Me, George and Kurt on the summit of Conundrum |
 The view from Conundrum. From the left: Maroon; North Maroon; Snowmass and Capitol in the far distance; and Pyramid |
 Warren, George, me and Kurt on the summit of Castle |
 George taking a break on the descent from Castle |
 George's faithful Forerunner fording Castle Creek on our return |
 July 4: Warren and the north face of Missouri Mountain. I climbed one of the snow couloirs; Warren and Kurt took a more circuitous route along the right-hand skyline. |
 A marmot sunning itself on the slopes of Missouri Mountain. |
 Warren and Kurt on the summit of Missouri Mountain |
Panoramic view from the summit of Missouri Mountain (2,833 x 600 pixels, 714kb)