Gannett Peak, Wyoming, July 2 - July 7, 2023
Gannett Peak summit panorama
Wind River Range from south of Lander, Wyoming
Wind River Range
View from Beaver Rim on the way to Lander, Wyoming
Beaver Rim
The Wind River Range from Beaver Rim
Beaver Rim - looking east
Rainbow over Ring Lake on the road to the Glacier Train trailhead.
Rainbow over Ring Lake
Looking back at the parking lot from the start of the hike.
Parking lot
Lake Louise train junction
Lake Louise trail
Torrey Creek bridge, about a mile up the trail.
Torrey Creek bridge
Torrey Creek running hard and fast with heavy runoff after a heavy winter.
Torrey Creek
Bomber Basin from the switchbacks climbing up to the Arrow Peak plateau.
Bomber Basin
Bomber Falls on East Torrey Creek above Bomber Basin
Bomber Falls
Burro Flats below Arrow Pass
Burro Flats
Upper Phillips Lake. The dead trees are the result of a file in the mid 90's
Upper Phillips Lake
Climbing out of the Double Lake basin.
Double Lake
Star Lake, the highest of the
Star Lake
Honeymoon Lakes, a set of 3 lakes that can be joined into one when the water is high.
Honeymoon Lakes
Another view of Honeymoon Lakes looking down towards Dinwoody Creek. The trail drops over a thousand feet from here
Honeymoon Lakes 2
New bridge over Downs Fork. Adds a little over a mile to the hike, but more than worth it since the ford downstream is almost chest deep in places.
New Bridge
First view of Gannett Peak from Floyd Wilson meadows.
Gannet Peak
Heading towards Tarns Camp near the end of the Glacier Trail.
Near Tarns Camp
Looking back down canyon from the vicinity of Tarns Camp
Down canyon from Tarns
Icefall on Gooseneck Glacier
Gooseneck Glacier
Start of the snow and ice section. Crampons are absolutely essential from here on.
Crampons go on
Section above the Gooseneck and just before the summit ridge.
Past the Gooseneck
The summit ridge from just past the Gooseneck
The summit ridge
Left turn ahead marks the start of the summit ridge.
Summit ridge
Looking back at the Gooseneck from the start of the summit ridge.
Above the Gooseneck
About the mid point of the summit ridge. True summit is the high point to the right.
Along the summit ridge
Steep snow slope ends in a several hundred foot cliff. To the left is a 1000+ foot cliff.
Exposure
Looking west at greenish Scott Lake and the Gros Ventre range from the summit.
West from the top
Looking south from the summit at the tracks in the snow and the main spine of the range.
South from the summit
Heading down and looking at the Gooseneck from the bottom of the summit ridge.
Headed back
Headed back to the couloir below the Gooseneck, supposedly the crux of the route.
Back to the couloir
Last look at the Gooseneck and couloir.
The Gooseneck and couloir
Looking down the Gooseneck couloir. Tarns camp is either side of the green tarn at the bottom of the climb.
Down the couloir
Looking up at all but the summit ridge from camp before heading towards home.
The route from camp
Looking back one last time at Gannett Peak from Floyd Wilson Meadows on the way out.
Goodbye