Quandary Peak

El. 14,265 feet

[INTRO PHOTO]

December 16, 2001

Fellow adventurers: Bill Dare, Eric Sigler, Dan Turk, Stephen Turk, and a local dog which followed us all the way to the top!

Photo caption.

Posted: Last modified:

About the Mountain

Located in the ?? range ... previous climbs (and/or reports), interesting facts. Summarize the trip (backpack vs. day hike, training vs. social hike vs. serious mountaineering)

Give highlights?

Approach

This peak . . . interesting facts about the trip down and/or backpack in, camping, etc.

Ascent

Details of the climb (if starting from backpacking)

Summit Experience

Time on top, 14'er #, weather, interesting features, interesting people.

To get the full immersive experience, I've prepared a 360 degree panorama:

[Panoramic photo]

W N E S

Click on the panorama to see the full size [size Kb].

Or you can view it interactively using this panorama viewer [size Mb -- warning, this will take a while to load on a modem connection].

If you have trouble viewing this file, you can also download this executable, save it to your desktop, then double-click on it to view the panorama. The executable file contains a viewer that should work regardless of your web browser.

From left to right, the main features are:

1. blah blah valley

[ Group Photo]

[ Crazy shot ]

[ Views of other peaks ]

Traverse to next peak

I took a couple video clips which may be viewed using Windows Media Player. If using a modem, the broadband version will take very long, so a reduced-quality dial-up version is available:

Clip 1: Broadband [size Mb] or Dial-up [size Kb]

These files are in Windows Media Player format, so they should load automatically if you're on a Windows computer. There is no sound (in case you were expecting some).

Descent

Statistics

Option sections - history of peak, wildlife, route info and alternates, map, gear, food

Might try to include feelings, sounds, smells - other thoughts about life and mountains, goals, etc.

Add hit counter

Estimated Pressure at summit: 590.5 mb (equivalent pressure altitude of 15,250 feet in summer)

Distance: ~8.3 miles roundtrip

Vertical climb: ~3500 feet

Conditions: Wind blown snow, crusty – needed snowshoes in few areas, less snow on ridges, exposed rocks, avalanche danger minimal

Weather: Very cold, but sunny, with high winds on exposed ridges

17ºF at start, light winds

5.7ºF on summit with 10-20 mph winds

Worst conditions: On exposed ridge just before summit, temperatures in the single digits, winds of 20-35 mph gusting to ~55 mph at times. Highest recorded gust: 42.7 mph (but only took measurements for a minute or two due to the extreme conditions).