jordop Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 In a travel magazine that came with my Globe and Mail this morning advertizing Alaska cruises. Probably somewhere well known but, as usual, I am dumb, especially with regards to Alaska Shitters, looks like big stuff! Face on the left looks like Tombstone, towers on the right look like Pantheon. Sorry, that's a staple upper left, not a free standing Mithral spire Quote
scott Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 its the mendenhall towers outside of junneau. really incredible granite, new route potential. helicopter approach and terrible weather. Quote
bDubyaH Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 sorry, but biking in to work today i glanced at the towers and they don't look at all like the photo in question. Those are definitely not the mendenhall towers. I just posted a photo of the towers in the gallery... Quote
jordop Posted March 11, 2003 Author Posted March 11, 2003 So no idea then Dub? I hate it when general interest mags never credit scenery shots; don't they know it drives us mad? Quote
bDubyaH Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 I've done some aerial sea lion surveys around the juneau area(and tend to spend a lot of time looking for climbing possibilities ) and those towers don't look familiar to me, I bet they are down closer to Petersburg or Wrangell. The Stikine/Devil's Thumb area? Quote
Dru Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 If its only ad copy, it could be anywhere the ad agency thought looked 'alaskan" like BC or Chile or who knows where. Quote
JoshK Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 Looks like the olympics with the photoshop "choss to granite" filter run over it. Quote
ryland_moore Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 Any chance they could be near Whittier or Colross Pass area? I remember some granite that looked similar to that sea kayaking in PWS a few years back. We camped near the Neliwan (sp?) glacier and had a view that was similar but not sure if it is the same or not. Quote
Dru Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 is the pyramidal half-hidden peak on the left the one kennan harvey kayaked to and climbed a few years back? article was in climbing or R&I cant remember which one... Quote
gapertimmy Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 could it possibly be further up north of Juneau, perhaps up towards Haines and Skagway? The mountains look a tad too big, but damn it looks kind of the same, nevertheless I'd rather be there than here at my computer right now. Quote
skyclimb Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 actually, i just got back from a slideshow given by the famous fred becky, who put up routes on these peaks, and who is a legend in the climbing community. He showed slides of these peaks, and although i don't recall the names, they are in B.C. close to alberta. Quote
JoshK Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 skyclimb said: actually, i just got back from a slideshow given by the famous fred becky, who put up routes on these peaks, and who is a legend in the climbing community. He showed slides of these peaks, and although i don't recall the names, they are in B.C. close to alberta. Ummm...near alberta and with the ocean in the foreground? Quote
salbrecher Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 Looks like a river to me, unless that ocean has gravel bars. Quote
freeclimb9 Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 Dru said: those are NOT the Bugaboos. Is this an attempt at a process of elimination? Great! those are NOT the Hogar mountains. Quote
Attitude Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 freeclimb9 said: Dru said: those are NOT the Bugaboos. Is this an attempt at a process of elimination? Great! those are NOT the Hogar mountains. those are NOT the Ouachita mountains. Quote
JoshK Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 I'm gonna go out on a limb and eliminate the grand canyon. I'll get rid of the great smokies while I'm at it too... Quote
Dru Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 well hell, if it aint any of those, it MUST be Mt Si!!! Quote
chucK Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 Is that Garfield from the north? It's from this site . Says it's Garfield from the SE. Doesn't it look like maybe the image got reversed? Quote
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