Acclimation Climbs, Handies (14,048'), Redcloud (14,034'), & Sunshine (14,001') Climbs, July '05
![Early Morning at the Grizzly Gulch Trailhead (10,400'), to Handies Peak (14,048')](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841463.IMG_7276.jpg) Early Morning at the Grizzly Gulch Trailhead (10,400'), to Handies Peak (14,048') |
![Barb, James, and Kurt, First Steps of 4.2 Mi. Trek to Summit](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841464.IMG_7277.jpg) Barb, James, and Kurt, First Steps of 4.2 Mi. Trek to Summit |
![Kurt & James Leaving Timberline, Summit of Handies is Skyline Hump Above Pines](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841465.IMG_7282.jpg) Kurt & James Leaving Timberline, Summit of Handies is Skyline Hump Above Pines |
![Grizzly Gulch is Rich With Columbines](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841466.IMG_7289.jpg) Grizzly Gulch is Rich With Columbines |
![Looking Down (NE'ly) Grizzly Gulch Above Timberline](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841467.IMG_7292.jpg) Looking Down (NE'ly) Grizzly Gulch Above Timberline |
![Above, Snowfield, Uncompahgre Looming in the Distance, Near Center of Skyline](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841468.IMG_7297.jpg) Above, Snowfield, Uncompahgre Looming in the Distance, Near Center of Skyline |
![Looking Down Grizzly Gulch, Redcloud & Sunshine Peaks on Skyline...Our Next Climb](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841469.IMG_7298.jpg) Looking Down Grizzly Gulch, Redcloud & Sunshine Peaks on Skyline...Our Next Climb |
![Distant View of Wetterhorn & Uncompahgre Summits, From Handies....What We Came to Climb!](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841470.IMG_7299.jpg) Distant View of Wetterhorn & Uncompahgre Summits, From Handies....What We Came to Climb! |
![Looking Down on Ridgeline Leading to Summit of Whitecross Mtn. (13,532')](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841471.IMG_7302.jpg) Looking Down on Ridgeline Leading to Summit of Whitecross Mtn. (13,532') |
![View of Cirque Below Summit of Handies](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841472.IMG_7308.jpg) View of Cirque Below Summit of Handies |
![View of Gunnison River & Cinnamon Pass, From Near Summit of Handies......See James?](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841473.IMG_7310.jpg) View of Gunnison River & Cinnamon Pass, From Near Summit of Handies......See James? |
![Final Approach to Handies Summit......See Summit Group?](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/5106/3/46841474.IMG_7313.jpg) Final Approach to Handies Summit......See Summit Group? |
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