
Starting the loop toward London Mountain (seen left), initially using a 4WD road.

A view back (car far right) into the mining-riddled basin I'd be traversing around.

Passing North London Mine.

Mount Buckskin seen across the basin as I ascend to the saddle on the west side of Mount London.

Starting up toward Mount London.

A trail leads pretty much all the way to the summit.

View back, Kuss Peak seen top left.

Progress up London Mountain's pleasant trail.

London Mountain summit, view toward the traverse to come. North London Mine seen bottom center.

London Mountain, view east.

I backtracked to the saddle and started toward Kuss Peak.

View back to the saddle, London Mountain seen center.

Mostly talus-hopping and tundra talking to Kuss Peak.

Kuss Peak, view toward Mosquito Pass.

Kuss Peak summit building.

Onward to Mosquito Peak using a social trail down to the road.

No trail from the road up to the summit of Mosquito Peak.

Mosquito Peak, view back toward London Mountain (left) and Kuss Peak (right).

Onward to Treasurevault Mountain (left).

Some equipment near the saddle, Treasurevault Mountain seen ahead.

View back toward Mosquito Peak.

Treasurevault Mountain summit, onward to Mount Tweto.

View back toward Treasurevault Mountain (center). It's mostly tundra with some embedded rocks.

Mount Arkansas seen left, Mount Tweto center.

After following the pretty tundra slope/ridge, I reached the base of Mount Tweto, lots of rock-hopping.

View back as I ascent Mount Tweto.

Mount Tweto summit, view toward Mount Arkansas. Clouds looked too bad for me to go out-and-back to add that peak. Another day!

Onward to Mount Buckskin, seen center.

The terrain begins Class 2, definitely no trail here. Often the talus was loose.

View back as I descend from Mount Tweto.

There are a bunch of little rock outcroppings along the crest that I was able to avoid, keeping the route Class 2 so far.

As I neared the saddle separating the two peaks, the ridge became more jagged. I pulled a Class 3 move here and there, though even though might be avoidable by keeping to looser terrain on the right.

View back at my progress from Mount Tweto.

Steeper Class 2/2+ terrain.

A shot back at a Class 2/3 downclimb along the crest.

Starting my ascent to Mount Buckskin, loose Class 2.

As I started up to the peak, rather than stick to the main crest, which looked scary, I stayed lower and had to deal with steep Class 2 talus. You might want to stick to the crest.

Mount Buckskin ahead. I trended toward the lighter-colored rock on the right.

Ascending a Class 2+ gully.

And then some fun Class 2+/3 to gain the summit. View back from the summit.

Mount Bucksin summit toward the DeCaLiBron loop. Lake Emma below Mount Democrat seen center.

Rather than backtrack, I continued along the ridge to Loveland Mountain. I could have returned to the saddle with Mount Tweto and returned via a mining road to my car, alternatively.

View back toward Mount Buckskin.

Onward to Loveland Mountain. There was a social trail almost the whole way. There's no safe bail point off the slope between Bucksin and Loveland because the slope is riddled with cliffs.

Loveland Mountain summit, view east.

I decided, stupidly, to just descend directly west. I recommend heading farther along the ridge before descending, choosing a tamer slope that I outlined on my attached map. You can see Kuss and Mosquito center. The road I hiked up on earlier is seen far left.

View back up the garbage descent slope I took.

It was steep Class 2 with some loose Class 2+ mixed in. No fun.

View back at the crap slope I came down (center). The way I came down worked, but barely. Had I descended sooner I would have been cliffed-out.

I passed some old mine.

After hiking through the tundra, I reached an old road. This is a view up toward the ridge between Tweto and Buckskin.

I descended back to my car using the road. London Mountain seen center.

A shot toward a slope that would have been MUCH more pleasant to descend. I drew this likely much better descent in on my attached map.
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