Trip to complete the 57 Ultras ============================== ===================================== The following peaks would be priority targets: Gannett Peak, 4209 meter, PF 2158 meter, Highest in Wyoming, scramble, snow/ice, 4 days. Grand Teton, 4199 meter, PF 1996 meter, Technical climb, some ice? 2 days. Cloud Peak, 4013 meter, PF 2157 meter, Fairly easy, 2 days. Crazy Peak, 3417 meter, PF 1743 meter, Scramble 2 days. Mt. Cleveland 3194 meter, PF 1599 meter, Highest in Glacier Park, Scramble 3 days. Snowshoe Peak 2663 meter, PF 1658 meter, Scramble ?? 1 days. Granite Peak 3901 meter, PF 1462 meter, Highest in Montana, Climb. ?? 2-3 days. Travel + Weather days 3 days. Airplane days 2 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 7 GREAT PEAKS 22-23 days. ================================================================= Team: Melanie Hetkamp 17/3-1983 29 Eirik-Andreas Andersen 3/10-1979 32 Rob Woodall 4/5-1960 52 Petter B. 6/12-1950 61 Melanie and Eirik MUST be back in Denver on Saturday (early morning) August 11. Butte, Greyhound Bus leaves at 0700 on Friday August 10. Arrive in Denver 0650 on Saturday August 11. 89 dollar / person if bought in advance.. It looks like this will be thr return option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travel: PB depart Bergen, Tuesday July 24. Arrive Denver 1600, Stay with Ellen & Sverre RW arrives in the Denver area earlier and climbs a few local Ultras (eg. Pikes Peak, Mount Elbert??) MH and EA, travels from New York to Denver, arrival on July 24. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ================ DAY 1 Wednesday Jul 25. TEAM Meets in Denver and / or in Lakewood. To be agreed. Drive to Dubois, then trailhead, 460 miles, 7.5-8 hours. I-25, then I-80, then US-287. Continue to trailhead, camp there. ================= DAY 2 Thursday Jul 26. Start hike, Glacier trail. We hike to Star Lake, elevation 3130 meter, distanse 20 km. ================= DAY 3 Friday Jul 27. Hike to high camp, 3300m, distanse 16 km. Tarns Camp. ================= Day 4 Saturday Jul 28. Climb Gannett, return almost to Star? ================= Day 5 Sunday Jul 29. Return to Trailhead. ================= Day 6 Monday Jul 30. Transfer to Teton, Lupine Meadow Trailhead. 100 miles , 2 hours. Extra time to complete Gannet hike this morning if needed. Stay at American Alpine Club, Climber's Ranch, 22 dollar person/night. Advance reservations recommended. ================= Day 7 Tuesday Jul 31. Climb to high camp on Teton. Lupine Meadows Trailhead. ================= Day 8 Wednesday Aug. 1. Climb the Grand Teton. NOTE: We try to book this climb in advance. If the weather fails, we need to change plans. Return to Lupine Meadows, overnight at AMC?? ========================================================================== >>>>Cleveland: >>>> First to Waterton Lakes Nat. Park in Canada. Boat leaves 1000, 1300, 1600 and 1900, Round trip ticket is 40 dollars. Take boat at 10AM and hike to Stoney Indian Lake campground (8 miles) Boat pickup at Goat Haunt at 1125, 1425 and 1725. >>>> >>>>Stoney Indian Lake campground. >>>> >>>>We need a lottery to secure a spot here, 2 nights. >>>> >>>>Plan A: Aug 5 - 7, summit on Aug. 6, all 4 >>>> >>>>Plan B: Aug 6 - 8, summit on Aug. 7, all 4 >>>> >>>>Plan C: Aug 12 - 14, summit on Aug. 13, Only Rob and me. >>>> >>>>Plan D: Aug 13 - 15, summit on Aug. 14, Only Rob and me. ============================================================================================== If we get delays at Teton, then (at least) one peak in all Plans below is skipped. Often this will be the first peak, depending a bit on the dates at Cleveland. =========== PLAN A: ============ Day 9 Aug 2. Drive to Cloud, (6.5 hours) hike to Camp at Mistymoon Lake. Day 10 Aug 3. Climb Cloud, return to car. Day 11 Aug 4. Drive to Waterton, 12 hours. Day 12 Aug 5. To camp Cleveland Day 13 Aug 6. Climb Cleveland Day 14 Aug 7. Back to Waterton and onwards to Snowshoe, arrival around 1900-2000. (5 hours) Day 15 Aug 8. Climb Snowshoe, full day Day 16 Aug 9. Drive to Butte, 6 hours. Rob and PB may continue to Crazy, 3.5 hours. Day 17 Aug 10. Melanie and Eirik leaves at 0700. Rob and PB climb Crazy. Day 18 Aug 11. Rob + PB to Granite TH, begin hike. Day 19 Aug 12. Hike to High camp. Day 20 Aug 13. Climb Granite Day 21 Aug 14. Hike out. Day 22 Aug 15. Drive to Colorado. Day 23 Aug 16. Climb P600 in Colorado. Day 24 Aug 17. Climb P600 in Colorado Day 25 Aug 18. Fly home Day 26 Aug 19. Arrive home. =========== PLAN B: ============ Day 9 Aug 2. Drive to Granite, 7.5 hours, longer via Yellowstone. Day 10 Aug 3. Hike to High Camp. Day 11 Aug 4. Climb Granite, return part way? Day 12 Aug 5. Back to car, drive to Waterton, 9 hours. Day 13 Aug 6. Hike to Cleveland Camp. Day 14 Aug 7. Climb Cleveland. Day 15 Aug 8. Return to Waterton and drive to Snowshoe, arrival 1900-2000. (5 hours) Day 16 Aug 9. Climb Snowshoe, full day, drive to Butte, 6 hours. Day 17 Aug 10. Melanie and Eirik leaves at 0700., Rob and Petter drive to Crazy, 3.5 hours. Day 18 Aug 11 Climb Crazy Day 19 Aug 12 drive to Cloud and hike to high camp Day 20 Aug 13 Climb Cloud Day 21 Aug 14 Drive to Colorado Day 22 Aug 15 Climb Colorado P600 Day 23 Aug 15 Climb Colorado P600 Day 24 Aug 15 Climb Colorado P600 Day 25 Aug 18. Fly home Day 26 Aug 19. Arrive home. =========== PLAN C: ============ Day 9 Aug 2. Drive to Cloud, (6.5 hours) hike to Camp at Mistymoon Lake. Day 10 Aug 3. Climb Cloud, return to car. Day 11 Aug 4. Drive to Granite, 5.5 hours. Start up the trail. Day 12 Aug 5. Hike to High Camp. Day 13 Aug 6. Climb Granite, return part way? Day 14 Aug 7. Return to car and drive to Crazy. Day 15 Aug 8. Climb Crazy, drive to Butte, 3.5 hours. Day 16 Aug 9. Melanie and Eirik leaves at 0700. Rob and Petter drive to Snowshoe. Day 17 Aug 10. Petter and Rob climb Snowshoe. Day 18 Aug 11. Drive to Waterton. Climb P600. Day 19 Aug 12. Hike to Cleveland camp. Day 20 Aug 13. Climb Cleveland. Day 21 Aug 14. Hike out. Drive towards Denver Day 22 Aug 15. Climb Colorado P600 Day 23 Aug 16. Climb Colorado P600 Day 24 Aug 17. Climb Colorado P600 Day 25 Aug 18. Fly home Day 26 Aug 19. Arrive home. Note: If ahead of schedule, then Melanie and Eirik can do Snowshoe as well. Note: In A/B Melanie and Eirik, takes bus on August 10th, while in C/D they leave on August 9th. To reserve in advance, perhaps always go on Aug. 10th?. (Spend one day in Butte under C/D). =========== ============================================================================================== PLAN D: Equals Plan C, to Day 17. Day 18 Aug 11 Climb P600 near Glacier. Day 19 Aug 12 Drive to Waterton, Climb P600. Day 20 Aug 13 To Cleveland camp. Day 21 Aug 14 Climb Cleveland. Day 22 Aug 15 Return out, drive towards Colorado. Day 23 Aug 16 Climb Colorado P600 Day 24 Aug 17 Climb Colorado P600, visit Ellen/Sverre in Lakewood Day 25 Aug 18 Fly home. Day 26 Aug 19 Arrive in Bergen (a Sunday). ============================================