Alpine Climbing
| We've done quite a few of the local alpine routes around the Wasatch, and a few little alpine routes in Wyoming. But since these peaks are just little guys and most were done when I was in High School, I've just posted a few pics on this one page, rather than doing a page for each peak. Right now all these pictures are from my High School days, but this spring and summer I hope to get some more up to date pictures. |
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Neil on the summit of the Pfeiferhorn
on a summer ascent. Utah Lake is off to the left side of the picture.
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My buddy Jon and I on a winter ascent
of the Pfeiferhorn. The summit is there in the background. This route
is great for learning basic alpine climbing techniques with very little
danger.
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We spent some time on this slope
practicing basic alpine climbing rope work. What's that big glob in
the picture?? |
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Jon and I heading up to the ridge
on the Pfeiferhorn. |
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Burns on our ski trip up the Pfeiferhorn. |
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Neil heading up the slopes to American
Fork Twin, one of the highest peaks in the Wasatch. |
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Me on the same trip heading up the
snow field. |
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Jon and I coming down from the summit
of the highest twin. |
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Neil on the summit of American Fork
Twin. |
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Neil on the descent from Twin. |
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Jeff, Gutz and some other guy with
Mount Baird in the background on our summer ascent up Elkhorn Peak.
And no, we didn't name Mount Baird, but saw it on a topo and knew we
had to climb up there! It wasn't too bad of a mountain, it's at a little
over 10,000 feet. |