Arrow Peak Trip Report 06/25/2012

Report Type	Mini
Peak(s)	Arrow Peak - 13,817 feet
Date Posted	06/25/2012
Date Climbed	06/21/2012
Author	doggler

Straighter than a Grizzly.....Beartown to Arrow
I finally made it to the Vestal Basin last week, as I had a few days to kill in Lake City. Including the long Beartown approach, we found ourselves doing about 24 miles and 8800' over the course of 24 hours. The full trip report can be found here. My GPS Tracks on Google Maps (made from a .GPX file upload): Login required to view this map... Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Straighter than a Grizzly.....Beartown to Arrow

I finally made it to the Vestal Basin last week, as I had a few days to kill in Lake City. Including the long Beartown approach, we found ourselves doing about 24 miles and 8800' over the course of 24 hours.

The full trip report can be found here.

My GPS Tracks on Google Maps (made from a .GPX file upload):

Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Comments or Questions

tmathews	Wow 6/25/2012 7:50pm Hard to believe you ”bonked”. :shock: That's something I never thought I'd read happening to you! I still need to get out to that area. I will, someday. sigh Great report!
lordhelmut	You are one forgiving person 6/25/2012 8:52pm I would've handed my partner my 12” blade, maybe even made a spear for him, showed him the general direction of where wildlife might congregate, bid him goodluck and to not return till we has something to show for it. Sounds like the trip was salvaged with some solid scrambling on a very noteworthy peak, must really suck to have to walk right past Wham Ridge though (not to throw Grant any further under the bus).
sevenvii	Sheesh 6/26/2012 1:35am Nice report. Were you at Southern Viddles on Saturday night? I thought I recognized you from your reports if so :D
FireOnTheMountain	Ahhhhhhh 6/26/2012 3:09am Really wish I could of gone, but like Terry said, if you bonked I probably would of Donner partied it.... Really enjoyed the report!
benners	...and then he forgot food? 6/26/2012 1:31pm I agree with lordhelmut, I'd have made him turn over logs and eat grubs/gather crabapples from trees until he felt he had consumed enough calories to hit the Wham :P. In all seriousness though, Arrow is a sweet peak and worthy of going in there for in and of itself. Just make sure your group has food on the return trip!
doggler	thanks guys 6/29/2012 12:35am sevenvii - Yup, I was there Saturday night, Friday night, Thursday night, etc, etc. Fell in love with those bbq pork tacos. benners, helmut, etc - Eh. It sucked. Chalk it up as a learning experience. Abe, maybe next time eh? :)

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