Hiking to the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range

Pictures taken by Marcel Dettling and Corinne Dahinden in August, 2005.

It's a long dirt road drive (be sure to have good directions), but we made it to the camp at Big Sandy trailhead.

We leave early towards Big Sandy lake, Jackass Pass and the Cirque of the Towers - what a beautiful hike!

Towers in the Wind River Range. And a thunderstorm threatening. It moved away, fortunately.

This is the Cirque of the Towers, seen from Jackass Pass. It's about 12 miles and 5 hours to get there.

This is Pingora Peak with its famous climb, the South Buttress (5.6). Wolf Ridge is the mountain to the left.

Another peak in the Wind River Range with a beautiful rock face - definitely wakes the hunger to climb...

Pingora Peak is greeting in the far distance - time do do some bouldering for me!

Big Sandy Lake on the looooong way back to the trailhead: isn't it idyllic?

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