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Granite Peak, the Montana highpoint, is on my short list for the length and variety of terrain in true Wilderness with multiple route finding tests and rappels. It is similar to the Bells in that you can encounter many people up to the first lake (dam in this case), then you pretty much have it to yourself. You can take a similar approach but do the traverse from its subpeak to kick it up into roped class 5 and then return via the standard route I did via Avalanche and Snowball Lakes. Many take three days to do it making camp around Avalanche Lake -- it's a loooong hike.
Avalanche Lake look up, back, and across it and its upper basin to the south, plus negotiating the class 4/5 face to the summit.
Crossing the snowbridge in the notch to gain the upper route.
Chased off the summit to rappel multiple times in graupel, snow, and rain which abated after I was back across the snow bridge.
"A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures.
Tiredness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity - and sleep finally adds to them liberty."
My favorite mountain has to be Sunlight. It's a fun enough summit as it is, but what made it special for me is when my 11-year-old wanted to go up onto the summit block after most of the adults that were hanging around just below had turned it down. He was pretty scared, but insisted on going up. The only thing was that he was really too short to get across the gap or up onto the summit block on his own. We roped him up and I lifted him up by his harness. To make it official, we went back when he was 16 and could get up on his own power.
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Some awesome looking peaks from you world travelers. My experience being 14ers only, I'd say I'd say Longs is always a sentimental favorite as my first; Sunlight was an awesome summit experience; but my fav has to be Crestone Needle. Two of the best days of many great days in the mountains were spent on that peak. Love that Crestone conglomerate.
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Once torched by truth, a little thing like faith is easy. Swede Landing, 'Peace Like a River'
The land is forever. - Steve Almburg, Illinois centennial farmer
Gasherbrum 2 - Pakistan - My hands down favorite. Seeing peaks you have read about in numerous books in person was unreal. The people, the culture, the mountains were on a scale that can't be described without actually going there. I can't wait to go back.
The mighty K2 and Broad Peak seen from the summit of Gasherbrum 2. The fact K2 still stood another 2000ft higher than where we were was incredible.
For the record Denali is a close second. The Alaska range is an incredible place I would love to go back again to someday as well.
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“The best climber in the world is the one who is having all the fun.” – Alex Lowe
" Don’t be afraid to move out of your comfort zone. Some of your best life experiences and opportunities will transpire only after you dare to loose."
Limited experience here, but mine is Wetterhorn. Beautiful mountain, and it has a bit of everything. Mellow hiking, fun scramble, airy summit pitch and sick views at the top. This is one I'd do multiple times.
I'm probably the only one but I think Mt Evans will probably always be my favorite. Close to home, I can see it almost every day, the variety of routes with Echo Lake to Summit Lake to Spaulding to Evans being my favorite.
