Teanaway Peak and Iron Peak - 10.19.2016
The trailhead for Iron Peak Trail #1399 is an 8.5 mile drive up the N. Fork Teanaway Road from 29 Pines Campground... our hike/scramble was 7.5 miles roundtrip, gaining 3042 feet of elevation.
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Switchbacking up the trail... looking at Esmeralda Peaks on the left... and up valley to Fortune Peak and South Ingalls in the center of the photo.
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Nearing the 6200 foot saddle between Teanaway Peak and Iron Peak... looks like we are going to lose the sunshine.
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Several inches of snow at the saddle... looking at the ridge walk that leads to Iron Peak... but we will do Teanaway Peak first.
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Off trail and starting to traverse from the saddle over to the SE ridge of Teanaway Peak... Bills Peak on the right.
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Traversing underneath the cliffs on the south side of Teanaway Peak... working our way over to Teanaway's SE ridge... the 6200 foot saddle between Teanaway and Iron is in the center of the photo.
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Still traversing... with Iron Peak behind us.
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Passing underneath the cliffs on the south side of Teanaway Peak... the little tree above us signals the place where we will turn to the left and head for the summit.
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On the SE ridge of Teanaway Peak... and ascending.
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Izzy on the SE ridge of Teanaway Peak... Bills peak on the right.
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The Stuart Range from the SE ridge of Teanaway Peak... Bills Peak in the right foreground.
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Nearing the summit of Teanaway Peak.
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Who will step onto the summit (6779') first... iraman or Izzy.
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The rest of our group nears the summit... Bills Peak is behind us.
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Fortune Peak and South Ingalls are in the clouds on the left... North Ingalls and East Ingalls are barely visible... Mt. Stuart and Sherpa Peak on the right.
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A closeup of Fortune Peak and Ingalls Peak from the Teanaway Peak summit.
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Iron Peak from the summit of Teanaway Peak... time to trace our steps back to the saddle and go get it.
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Looking over at the Stuart Range as we descend the SE ridge of Teanaway Peak.
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Group shot taken just below the summit of Teanaway Peak... Mt. Stuart in the distance on the right.
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BarbE doesn't want to go back down.
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Heading down the SE ridge of Teanaway Peak... getting ready to traverse back over to the 6200 foot saddle... looking down the Beverly Creek drainage... and over to Navaho Peak, Bean Peak, Earl Peak, Marys Peak and Judis Peak... with Iron Peak on the far right.
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Heading for the saddle on the right.
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Back at the Teanaway/Iron saddle and starting the ridge walk that will take us to the summit of Iron Peak on the far left.
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On the ridge leading to Iron Peak... looking back at Teanaway Peak on the left and Bills Peak on the right... and through the gap to Sherpa Peak and Argonaut Peak.
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Clouds are starting to take away the Stuart Range.
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BarbE on the ridge leading to the Iron Peak summit.
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Some of the group is on the Iron Peak summit... and the rest of us will be there soon.
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Color on the Iron Peak summit (6510').
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Leaving the summit of Iron Peak... we will trace our steps back to the saddle.
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Still on the ridge and heading for the Teanaway/Iron saddle... with Mt. Stuart and Sherpa Peak on the right... and Mt. Daniel is visible in the distance on the far left.
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