Lots of beta from the Alaska Mountain Forum and incredible weather made for a quick and enjoyable day on Bashful. The hardest part was merely getting myself back on route after an early error. The rest of the day went off without a hitch!
First glimpse of Bashful in the early morning light.
Exiting Stiver's
Huckleberries!
The route to the ridge (grassy ramp on the right)
Easy street
The ridge had a surprising amount of tundra (not always this much)
The summit in shadow
Running under the tipping stone
The CS area. I ascended to the left of the snow remnants. Redfox used the chimney on the left.
Peregrine
An odd layer of ice/snow made for slippery (and oddly unnerving) footing through some shadowy sections up high:
The summit (worth comparing to Redfox's shots from a week earlier ... much less snow in just a week!):
The top
Looking down the ridge
Looking down that nasty thing that Redfox climbed!
Looking down what I climbed
Looking up what I climbed
Another view of the CS area
And again (notice the gully on the right ... it looked possible also)
Looking down at Stivers and the route up to Bashful
Bashful
