Looking back to where we will finish as we head to the start of the cirque traverse at Pingora.

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Looking back to where we will finish as we head to the start of the cirque traverse at Pingora.

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nearing Arrowhead Lake on the approach

view across the Cirque from Pingora

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orbitalis

Sep 15, 2017

“Looking back to where we will finish as we head to the start of the cirque traverse at Pingora.”

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Overlay of the Traverse, with timestamps representing our times.

Here is our GPS tracks of the Traverse and all 13 summits. 30 Pitches, ~17 raps, & about 22 miles.

Cirque of the Towers at Dusk

Nearing the end of the traverse and looking back at all the towers we just climbed.

View during traverse from summit of Sharks Nose

Watching the sunrise on top of Pingora before heading over to the rappels down to Wolf's Head

Soaking in the sunrise & view from the first summit, Pingora. This photo shows the peaks that make up most of the technical climbing on the Cirque Traverse. What’s left? Around 24 pitches including the iconic 50 classic East Ridge of Wolf’s Head, ~14 raps, & a lot of scrambling.

Wolf's head

The traverse from the North summit of Shark's Nose to the South summit of Shark's Nose. We felt this was the crux climbing of the traverse. Casey is on the crux "5.8" move.

The col between Block Tower and Watchtower. The climber's finish to the CT: heading up and left to nice splitter finger cracks (5.9) for an alternate and more elegant path to the Watchtower part of the Cirque Traverse. See comment for more detail.

"I said don't look down!" August 2021.

UT climbers on the S Buttress of Pingora

approaching Pingora

nearing Arrowhead Lake on the approach

Looking back to where we will finish as we head to the start of the cirque traverse at Pingora.

view across the Cirque from Pingora

Big Sandy traffic jam

view from somewhere between Overhanging Tower and Shark's Nose

looking back at Wolf's Head and Pingora

Pingora looking small across the cirque from the summit of Block Tower.

Scrambling up the incredibly exposed 5.2 ramp to start Wolf's Head.

around Shark's Nose

more valley views

the 5.6 crack on the N summit of Shark's Nose

A view looking back after completing the most technical parts of the route. I also posted a video summary of doing this route on youtube.

Looking back at Pingora

A rough outline of the route as seen from the start on Pingora.

snack thief

looking back to the start of the traverse from Shark's Nose

my secret weapon: Messner magic lip balm

Racking up at the base of Wolf's Head

Looking down the beautiful granite cracks on the S Buttress of Pingora

Insane exposure following the hand crack traverse on Wolf's Head.

cresting the saddle into the Cirque

Rapping off of Shark's Nose N. Summit.

Scrambling up Wolf's Head in the sunrise.

On the beautifully exposed hand crack traverse of Wolf's Head.

Yes, it's as good as it looks.

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