7/17/2021 Route: Via 13500 from Indy Pass Posted On: 7/17/2021, By: LetsGoMets Info: Dry from 13,500. Descended Twining's west ridge into the basin and contoured around 13500's south ridge. Some wet terrain but nothing to unmanageable. |
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6/18/2021 Route: Loop from Independence Pass Posted On: 6/18/2021, By: angry Info: UN13,500 > Twining > UN13,545 > East Geissler > West Geissler. The route between 13,500 and Twining is in summer conditions; any remaining snow patches are avoidable or of no consequence. No summit register. |
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6/4/2021 Route: From Independence Pass, via Blarney Posted On: 6/4/2021, By: mijoflynn Info: Didn't hike Twining; I was on the south side of Independence Pass today. But someone had asked on another CR about the ridge from Blarney (aka 13,500'), so I thought I'd attach a pic. Looks like there's snow on the top hundred feet or so. |
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10/31/2020 Route: Independence Pass Posted On: 11/2/2020, By: mtngoatwithstyle Info: I did not summit, stopped at 13,300 due to crazy wind,but snow conditions were minimal and patchy from the trail at Indy Pass to UN 13,505 and the route to Twinning seemed clear as well with occasional snow but no higher risks. |
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9/13/2020 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 9/13/2020, By: Flyingfish Info: Used micro spikes from the summit till the return to Lost Man Pass. The ascent from 13500 is essentially dry |
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6/12/2020 Route: From Independence Pass Posted On: 6/12/2020, By: WildWanderer Info: Still a lot of snow/mush in the willows, but it can be avoided by navigating more to the west. I summited 13500 first and took the ridge to Twinning and then retraced my steps because I didn't like the look of the snow in the basin so late in the day. No traction needed with careful route finding. |
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6/1/2020 Route: From PT 13500 / From Independence Pass Posted On: 6/1/2020, By: cloudkicker Info: I biked to the top of Independence Pass this morning before it opened to cars (as of noon). I went for PT 13500 but did not complete the traverse over to Twining, due to starting at 830am instead of 630. By the time I reached PT 13500 the clouds were billowing up huge so I turned. From the road (west side of lake) there's about 0.35 miles of wallowing through stretches of snow & boggy willows before you make it to the rocky tundra ridge. This section was pretty mild in my opinion and only took me about 10-15 minutes to complete. Your definition of mild may vary. The rest of the route up to PT 13500 is 95% snow free. There are two tiny snow crossings (one just below the summit) but neither are exposed and both are low consequence. The traverse over to Twining appears to be dry. Looks like there's some good skiing to be had from Twining on the west side but since I'm not a skier I'm not sure if that's a line you'd normally pick. The upper basin below the Twining-13500 saddle that people usually drop down at in order to make this a loop, is still holding lots of snow. I would wait a couple weeks or more if trying to make this a loop. Otherwise plan to return over 13500 or expect lots of wallowing on the way back to Independence Pass. I'll add pictures later once I've made it back home and can pull them off my camera. |
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9/25/2019 Route: Southwest Ridge Posted On: 9/26/2019, By: supranihilest Info: There's somewhat of a trail between Twinning and Point 13,500, but there's also a lot of Class 2 talus that you have to go over. The summit block the way I did it was Class 2+, perhaps if one searched a bit more there'd be a purely Class 2 way. Not a difficult peak but harder than 13,500 by a hair. |
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6/8/2019 Route: West Posted On: 6/8/2019, By: cottonmountaineering Info: Everything off independence pass is still filled in, twining has multiple lines off the west side that you can ski |
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8/13/2017 Route: South Slopes Posted On: 8/13/2017, By: Grover Info: This is super easy route and a hidden gem, really, given the proximity to Independence Pass. Great place to hangout and look around at the sea of peaks you are surrounded by. On the wildlife front, there is a large group of ptarmigan just under the summit, so be on the lookout for these masters of camouflage. |
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7/1/2017 Route: North Ridge Posted On: 7/2/2017, By: habaceeba Info: After West & East Geissler, and UN13,545 I went up the Geisslers before hitting this ridge, but if someone wanted to go directly to this ridgline and hike up past Independence Lake, be ready for a slog. The trail is muddy with patchy snow. The snow has been trampled from what I could tell from up high. Getting up to UN13,545 is Class 3 with some exposure but the rock is solid. The ridge after that is undulating with some serious exposure. Careful route finding bypasses a lot of the gendarmes, but will not eliminate the exposure. The finale, which you can see from the beginning is a short Class 4 move up a chimney followed by a walk up to Twining. |
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10/31/2012 Route: South slopes Posted On: 11/2/2012, By: Eph 2 5 Info: I climbed Twining via Pt. 13,500 just north of the Independence Pass parking lot. Snow was mostly avoidable, except for the short traverse between the false summit of Twining and the true summit to the north (see picture #4 below). I took that area very carefully and should have put on Microspikes. There are cornices on the traverse. There was also a little snow on the north side of Pt. 13,500 that caused some very minor scrambling (see picture #3). No snowshoes are needed. Independence Pass was completely dry. Picture #2 was taken from near the summit of Pt. 13,500 looking towards Twining (a little left of center). |
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6/24/2012 Route: Via Pt 13,500 & Independence Pass Posted On: 6/24/2012, By: Wyoming Bob Info: Route up and over Pt. 13,500 is dry, obviously too much so given fire activity. |
