A pretty good route in a great setting. Near the top the rock quality does indeed deteriorate into shattered feldspar. Made all the more exciting by the lightning storm soon to envelop us. Fortunately its more or less a walk off to the south so we tried our best to out run the storm. Nice clearing when it was over.
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SUNRISE RED ON EAST FACE OF AMBUSH PEAK, EAST FORK VALLEY,WIND RIVER RANGE, WYOMING
RAID AND BONNEVILLE FROM A SMALL TARN BELOW AMBUSH, EAST FORK VALLEY
MIKE LOOKING OVER AT THE GOLDEN DIHEDRAL ROUTE ON AMBUSH PEAK
MIKE STARTING THE GOLDEN DIHEDRAL ROUTE ON AMBUSH PEAK
MIKE ON THE 1ST PITCH IN THE GOLDEN DIHEDRAL, AMBUSH PEAK, WIND RIVER RANGE, WY
MIKE FOLLOWING PITCH 9 ON THE GOLDEN DIHEDRAL ROUTE, AMBUSH PEAK, WIND RIVER RANGE, WYOMING
MIKE AT A BELAY IN THE BIG DIHEDRAL NEAR THE TOP OF THE ROUTE, AMBUSH PEAK, WY
MIKE TOPPING OUT OF THE BIG DIHEDRAL NEAR THE TOP OF THE ROUTE
SOUTH TO THE CIRQUE FROM AMBUSH PEAK, WIND RIVER RANGE, WY
CLEAR SKIES OVER RAID AND BONNEVILLE FROM AMBUSH PEAK
MIKE NEAR THE TOP OF THE 'GOLDEN DIHEDRAL' ROUTE ON THE EAST FACE OF AMBUSH