
Starting from Boreas Pass, Boreas Mountain visible top right.

Some old cabins and railroad stuff, and the trailhead. Bald Mountain is visible center.

Along the Black Powder Pass Trail, headed toward Black Powder Pass. It's located tot he right of Bald Mountain (just right of center in this photo).


Bald Mountain on the left, Black Powder Pass on the right somewhere.

Looking back along the Black Powder Pass Trail.

Approaching Black Powder Pass.

Looking back from near Black Powder Pass.

Looking back toward Black Powder Pass and the ascent to Boreas Mountain I'd be going for later. First up, Bald Mountain.

Bald Mountain's many false summits becoming visible.


A social trail leads through the scree.

Looking back toward Boreas Mountain.

Some Class 2, but mostly just easy scree.

View toward Mount Guyot as I ascend to Bald Mountain.

Looking back again, higher up.

A push to a false summit about halfway up Bald Mountain.

Looking back toward Boreas Mountain, Boreas Pass also visible center right (where I started).

Wider shot toward Boreas Mountain.

False summit of Bald Mountain, true summit ahead.

Looking back at a false summit, which had a Class 2/2+ move to descend from it on loose talus.

Bald Mountain ahead.

Looking back along the undulating summit ridge.

Bald Mountain summit, Quandary Peak visible left as well as the many 13ers surrounding it.

Bald Mountain summit, view back along the ridge.

View toward Mount Guyot, Grays and Torreys visible far back left.

Bald Mountain summit, view toward Breckenridge.

Heading back to Black Powder Pass to start up Boreas Mountain.

No trail to Boreas Mountain. I left the Black Powder Pass Trail and ascended this initially grassy ridge.

The grassy ridge became rocky, light Class 2.

Looking back toward Bald Mountain, Black Powder Pass visible center. Mount Guyot top right.

Long, wide summit ridge on tundra as I head to Boreas Mountain.

Looking back along the ridge toward Bald Mountain.


Boreas Mountain ahead.

Looking back before starting on the scree/talus.

Barely Class 2, but it continues like this to the summit.

Looking back while navigating the humps of scree/talus.

A social trail appeared, leading me between two scree ridges/humps on either side.

Looking back as I enter between the two scree ridges/humps.

Social trail between the two screen ridges/humps. The summit is visible top left, but it wasn't obvious from within the scree.

Boreas Mountain summit, view toward Bald Mountain (center).
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