Tyndall climb

In the middle of August 2007 I have attempted a weekend climb of Tyndall. The climb was not successful since I had to abort due to bad weather (two days of storms). Of note is the Anvil camp - a bunch of trees in the distance seen on few pictures. There are few places you can camp before Anvil camp - of interest if you are traveling with older people. The Anvil camp has plenty of good camping and should be very pleasant to stay over. About mile up the trail there is another camping spot. Beyond that you have to pass the Sheppard pass and camp by the lake. No more trees at the 12000ft. Camping by the lake is great. There are few great camping spots and lake water is clear. From the lake camp it is about 1mile to Tyndall. From the pass to another shaded by the tree camp site is about 3miles down the trail. As for the approach to the trail parking lot the road is rough. You may think that your regular car will not make it. However, with few rough spots the road is fine. At about half a dozen spots you need to be very careful - someone killed a fuel line on a rock.

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2nd part of 4 by 4 road is easy to pass	about a mile past anvil camp	after a whole day of storms sun sets
almost at the pass its above to the right of the snow	another camping spot at the lake	another day of rain over Tyndall
another storm in the making	anvil camp and areas around it	anvil camp is that group of trees about 1h away
at the pass	big hole to the right of the pass	big horn sheep have competition
blooming white tea in a plastic bottle tastest great at 12000ft	camping mile up the trail from anvil camp	cooking some food
going past anvil camp	great camping spots at the base of Tyndall	hikers parking lot
interesting rock colors	lake camping at 12000ft	lake just at the Shepards pass
looking down at the other mountain range far away to the south	looking down from the pass	looks like its going to rain
looks like more rain	loose rock at the pass	lots of camping above anvil camp
more great camping spots outside of anvil camp	over the pass lake and some snow	pack animals parking lot
part way up the trail	peaks in the clouds	place to rest in anvil camp far away
rain is almost here	rain over desert	regular dirt road
rough spots on the approch road need some planning in regular car	shepars pass is in front to the right of the path of snow	some big rocks need to be moved
some places to camp	storm over anvil camp	storms in the distance
sun goes up again	sunset after a stormy day	the sign is only on the way down
the sky is not clear	Tyndall and the lake next to the pass	Tyndall from the vicinity of the shepards pass
view from the trailhead 2	view from the trailhead	wall of rock

Album created on 2007-09-03 and last updated on 2007-09-03