Witches Tower and Little Annapurna - 7.5.2012
Our approximate route from our camp (7440') to Little Annapurna (8440+) and Witches Tower (8520+)... ~5 miles roundtrip, gaining ~1500 feet of elevation.
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Woke up to a clear sky... Little Annapurna (left) and Dragontail Peak.
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A goat poses near camp... Prusik Peak and The Temple in the distance.
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A closeup of Little Annapurna... our first destination for the day.
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BarbE displaying her goat herding ability.
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Mother and baby... with Prusik Peak and The Temple beyond.
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Snowdog and BarbE head for Little Annapurna.
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We are all so very very small.
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Witches Tower (foreground) will be our second destination... Dragontail Glacier and summit on the right.
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Crampon adjustment.
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Heading up Little Annapurna.
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Gaining elevation on Little Annapurna and looking back at The Temple (left) and McClellan Peak (right).
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Looking across Isolation Lake and Aasgard Pass to distant peaks.
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A closeup of Aasgard Pass... the closest peaks on the other side are Eightmile Mountain (left) and Cashmere Mountain.
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Still heading up Little Annapurna.
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On the steeper part of Little Annapurna now.
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Views of the lower Enchantments broaden as we gain elevation on Little Annapurna.
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Nearing the Little Annapurna summit area.
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Steeper terrain now... looking over at Witches Tower and Dragontail Peak.
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The upper 100 feet of elevation on Little Annapurna has melted out.
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On the Little Annapurna summit (8440+) now... Mt. Stuart on the left.
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Teanaway peaks from Little Annapurna... Earl Peak on the far left... Mt. Rainier on the horizon.
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Looking across Aasgard Pass.
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Cannon Mountain and Enchantment Peak.
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ragman on the Little Annapurna summit... Teanaway peaks beyond.
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BarbE, Snowdog and ragman on the Little Annapurna summit.
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Interesting pinnacles just below the Little Annapurna summit... Navaho Peak and Earl Peak are the prominent Teanaway peaks.
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Who has been stacking rocks on the Little Annapurna summit area... The Temple and McClellan Peak in the distance.
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We have left the Little Annapurna summit and heading for Witches Tower... looking into the Teanaway area.
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BarbE and Snowdog head for Witches Tower (right foreground).
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On the south side of Witches Tower now and getting closer.
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Our approximate route to the top of Witches Tower.
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Looking at the upper Enchantment basin as we work our way to Witches Tower.
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Crossing a narrow boulder field... Little Annapurna on the left.
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The south side of Witches Tower.
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Snowdog and BarbE starting up Witches Tower.
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The Class 3 ramp... a nice ramp, but Class 3 because of the exposure on the right... McClellan Peak and Little Annapurna beyond.
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BarbE watches Snowdog on the Class 3 ramp.
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Snowdog on the east side of Witches Tower now... and heading up on Class 2 rock.
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BarbE coming up... Isolation Lake below.
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On the Witches Tower summit (8520+) now... Dragontail summit on the right.
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Cannon Mountain (left), Enchantment Peak and The Temple.
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Dragontail Peak and the Dragontail Glacier.
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A pano shot of the Dragontail Plateau and Dragontail Peak.
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Looking down on the upper Enchantment basin from Witches Tower.
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ragman on Witches Tower.
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Snowdog and BarbE solve the vertigo problem... what are they looking at??...
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Looking down Aasgard Pass from Witches Tower.
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ragman heading down from the summit.
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Here comes BarbE down from the summit.
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BarbE recrosses the Class 3 ramp.
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Leaving Witches Tower.
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Following our steps back toward Little Annapurna now... looking back on Witches Tower (right).
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Still working our way back toward Little Annapurna... looking for a good spot to drop down to Isolation Lake.
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Looking down on Isolation Lake.
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A pano shot of Witches Tower (left)... Isolation Lake and Aasgard Pass in the center.
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Witches Tower from Isolation Lake.
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Witches Tower and Dragontail Peak from Aasgard Pass.
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A goat watches over Aasgard Pass... Witches Tower in the center of the photo.
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Colchuck Lake from Aasgard Pass.
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Dragontail Peak summit (center) and the Dragontail Glacier.
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Isolation Lake starting to melt around the edges.
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Snowdog in the upper Enchantments... clouds are forming.
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BarbE on the north side of Isolation Lake... Witches Tower in the center of the photo... heading back to camp now.
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Back at camp now... Snowdog practices her goat talk.
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