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

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

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Cirque of the Towers at Dusk

Overlay of the Traverse, with timestamps representing our times.

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Chris Walden

Aug 18, 2016

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

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Cirque of the Towers at Dusk

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

Overlay of the Traverse, with timestamps representing our times.

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

View during traverse from summit of Sharks Nose

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.

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

Racking up with the new BD Ultralights at the base of Pingora (Photo courtesy of Chris Walden)

UT climbers on the S Buttress of Pingora

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

Big Sandy traffic jam

nearing Arrowhead Lake on the approach

view across the Cirque from Pingora

approaching Pingora

more valley views

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

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

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.

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

around Shark's Nose

snack thief

looking back at Wolf's Head and Pingora

view from somewhere between Overhanging Tower and 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.

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

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

my secret weapon: Messner magic lip balm

cresting the saddle into the Cirque

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

Yes, it's as good as it looks.