Five years ago, in 2021, we made our first attempt on Gannett Peak via Tourist Creek. That year we had superb weather, but our route, a circumnavigation of the North Winds with a spur to Gannett, was simply too long for the time allotted. Three years later we tried again via Tourist Creek, but thatContinue reading “Climbing Gannett Peak and the North Winds High Route”
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Back to the North Winds: A Primer on Tourist Creek, a lot of Disappointment, and a little Redemption
My obsession with Gannett Peak, Wyoming’s highest point, began after we climbed Granite Peak, Montana’s highest in 2017. Prior to that we’d been state high-pointing, but Granite was my first “technical” peak. This opened up a whole new possibility of completing the lower 48, if not all 50, with Denali of course being leaps andContinue reading “Back to the North Winds: A Primer on Tourist Creek, a lot of Disappointment, and a little Redemption”
Elspeth Ronnander 