[TR] Teanaway - Iron, Teanaway, Bills, Marys, Bean, Earl, Navaho, Freedom, and Miller 06/21/2020

[Kyle M 145]

Trip: Teanaway - Iron, Teanaway, Bills, Marys, Bean, Earl, Navaho, Freedom, and Miller

Trip Date: 06/21/2020

Trip Report:

 

Peter, Matt, Steven and I climbed nine peaks in the Teanaway on the solstice, starting at the Iron Peak trailhead and ending at the Miller/Bear trailhead. We stayed true to the ridgeline the entire way, with the exception of Earl to Navaho. Snow conditions were primo, supplying water and excellent boot skiing. The technical crux was definitely the ridge between Marys and Bean, which yielded some class 4-5 on excellent rock. The SW ridge of Bills also had some steep, exposed class 3.

 

It came out to 20 miles and 10k gain and took us 9:20. So much great bang for your buck in this area. Nice way to kick off summer!

https://climberkyle.com/2020/06/21/the-teanaway-traverse/

Iron Peak.

On the ridge between Marys and Bean.

Looking back on the Marys Bean traverse.

Navaho from Earl.

Great boot skiing down Navaho towards Freedom.

Gear Notes:
Running shoes. 1L water.

Approach Notes:
All pretty straightfoward.

Edited June 25, 2020 by Kyle M

[bellows 62]

Dang, that looks like a lot of quality scrambling. Nice trip, thanks for sharing!

[bellows 62]

Hey Kyle, thanks again for sharing this. You did a wonderful job of capturing the pure joy of “cruising and floating“ in the mountains. Peace my friend.

[Zackw7 5]

Went out and did Iron to Bean on Saturday. Super fun scrambling and a nice adventure day, I would highly recommend. One point of warning though, if you follow the fall line descending east off of Bills main summit your will get funneled into a super dangerous gully. I sent a microwave sized block tumbling by looking at it too hard which caused a bit of a rockslide down the gully. If you find yourself here, trend skiers left to safer terrain. The rest of the route was surprisingly bomber rock. 

[Kyle M 145]

@Zackw7 good call. Definitely some rotten gullies to be aware of.