Patrick beginning the seemingly endless boulder hop.
Ice Mtn dominates the view to the saddle.
The loose boulder hop to the N Apostle/Ice saddle.
Apostle Basin turning colors.
Mighty Ice looms from summit of N Apostle
Patrick nears summit of N Apostle.
Patrick on centenial N Apostle
W Apostle from N Apostle
14er Huron.
A skiff of snow on 14ers MO, Oxford, & Belford.
Looking up the ne ridge of Ice from the saddle. This was a fun scramble.
Patrick on the steep northeast ridge of Ice.
High on the ne ridge of Ice.
The crux couloir on Ice is below the prominent notch in center. We climbed the right side.
Patrick nears the notch on the 4th class crux of Ice.
Looking down the ne ridge of Ice.
Here is the notch we popped out on as viewed from the summit.
West Apostle and Ice's cool false summit.
Ice is nice.
Patrick and Elmo celebrate on Ice.
Time to get the heck out of Dodge! No bluebrid magic today.
Our descent down a loose gully on Ice's s.w. face.
View from our exit point of the gully at ~13400'.
Traverse-o-rama to the W. Apostle/Ice saddle across multiple ribs and gullies.
Is there a viable way down the ridge?
The Apostle couloir at the W Apostle/Ice saddle.
Nearing summit of W Apostle
Happy to be done with the uphill on W Apostle.
N Apostle from W Apostle.
Lake Ann and our descent ridge at lower left.
Patrick nearing W Apostle's summit
Ice's convoluted sw face. There's no easy way down!
Descending the west ridge of W. Apostle.
The turqouise waters of Lake Ann.
Ice on the way out.
The 3 Apostles on the way out.
GPS track going clockwise.
