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INDIAN PEAKS: APACHE : Shoshoni to Apache Traverse ~ Aug 2019(48) images

Shoshoni to Apache - the so called Kasparov Traverse. Great fun with something for everyone. I needed to keep moving and age being what it is, I only climbed the White Knight. Not having a rope means you do have to find a way around the short rap off the last Chessman to get to the saddle where the final climb of the north ridge begins. Not hard, just took a while to find it. The descent from the summiit of Apache to Isabelle Lake is long and tedious. Round trip took me about 10 hours.  

CAL TOPO MAP - CRATER LAKE, PAWNEE PASS REGION

SUNRISE ON THE HIKE TO PAWNEE PASS

LOOKING DOWN TO ISABELLE LAKE FROM THE PAWNEE PASS TRAIL

MORE SUNRISE SHOTS ON THE WAY TO PAWNEE PASS, INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS

MORE SUNRISE SHOTS ON THE WAY TO PAWNEE PASS, INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS

SUNRISE VIEW OF NAVAJO AND SHOSHONI FROM PAWNEE PASS TRAIL

FULL VIEW OF THE DESCENT OFF OF APACHE

A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE DESCENT OFF OF APACHE

SHOSHONI AND THE UPPER SECTION OF THE TRAIL TO PAWNEE PASS

LOOKING OVER AT SHOSHONI FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF THE PAWNEE PASS TRAIL

VIEW NORTH FROM PAWNEE PASS

INTERESTING VIEW FROM THE TOP OF A SMALL RISE ABOVE PAWNEE PASS

MORE VIEWS OF THE COMPLEX TERRAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF PAWNEE PASS

COMPLEX TERRAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF PAWNEE PASS

ONE OF THE FEW BOULDERING HOPPING SECTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAVERSE

LOOKING OVER AT IROQUOIS AND HOPI FROM SHOSHONI

BIGGER VIEW WEST FROM THE MEADOWS ON THE SUMMIT RIDGE OF SHOSHONI

APPROX ROUTE I TOOK ON THE TRAVERSE FROM SHOSHONI TO APACHE

A MORE DETAILED VIEW OF THE TRAVERSE FROM SHOSHONI TO APACHE

THE FIRST LITTLE FALSE SUMMIT THAT MARKS THE END OF THE EASY TERRAIN AND THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAVERSE

LOOKING OVER AT THE MOHLING TRAVERSE AND CRATER LAKE

LOOKING NORTH TO RMNP

A BETTER VIEW OF THE TRAVERSE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DOWNCLIMB

THE 'WHITE KNIGHT' FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DOWNCLIMB

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE 'WHITE KNIGHT' FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DOWNCLIMB

LOOKING BACK AT THE LONG DOWN CLIMB THE MARKS THE START OF THE TRAVERSE

SUMMIT VIEW FROM THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'

LOOKING BACK AT THE START OF THE TRAVERSE FROM THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'

LONG'S PEAK FROM THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'

LOOKING UP AT THE ROUTE TAKEN TO GET UP THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'

THE ROOK

THE BISHOP'S SCEPTER AND THE BLACK KNIGHT

ANOTHER VIEW OFTHE BISHOP'S SCEPTER AND THE BLACK KNIGHT

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROOK

THE KING AND THE KING'S PAWN

THE QUEEN

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE QUEEN

LOOKING BACK PAST THE QUEEN TO THE START OF THE TRAVERSE

AFTER THE WORKAROUND TO BYPASS THE RAP SOME MORE TERRAIN GETS YOU TO THE LAST NOTCH ON THE ROUTE.

LOOKING BACK AT THE KING FROM THE FINAL NORTH RIDGE OF APACHE

THE LAST BIT OF REAL CLIMBING ON THE NORTH RIDGE OF APACHE

THE KING FROM THE LAST BIT OF REAL CLIMBING ON THE NORTH RIDGE OF APACHE

ANOTHER VIEW OFTHE KING FROM THE LAST BIT OF REAL CLIMBING ON THE NORTH RIDGE OF APACHE

GAME, SET, MATCH: THE TOP OF APACHE

THE PLEASANT AND NARROW SUMMIT RIDGE OF APACHE

LOOKING DOWN INTO THE LONE EAGLE PEAK AREA FROM THE SUMMIT OF APACHE

NOW FOR THE FUN PART. THE EAST FACE DESCENT OF APACHE

GREEN AT LAST


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