The view up Horse Creek
Canyon on the hike into basecamp
Building a "bomber"
winter base camp at 10,100 feet
Our base camp underneath
the North Face of Matterhorn Peak.
Working on technical winter climbing skills
Relaxing in our winter
kithcen
A view of the North Face
of Matterhorn Peak. Our route, the East Couloir, lies
to the left of the summit. From the notch we rock
scramble and snow climb up the backside to the summit.
Climbing up the final
feet to the summit in full winter conditions.
The view from the summit
of Matterhorn Peak looking south into Virginia Canyon
with a clearing storm
Back at camp enjoying
hot drinks after a successful winter summit