Glad you had a clear, blue & uneventful day on Potts! Thx for the nod/credit in your write-up. It looks like we hit the exact same gully. Loved the ridgewalk after the gully.
I did Denny right after Potts and found it to be very draining and MUCH slower, despite it being easier. Your Potts ascent time was very close to mine yet it took me almost 13 hours to combine it with Denny...yikes! (I'm embarrassed!)
Alan Kane (not verified) - Mon, 07/30/2018 - 15:58
Good write-up Vern. I just went back up to the area (not the summit tho!) to investigate and will update my description in future book printings to emphasize the looseness/rockfall hazard and mention those 2 rock bands. I don't recall the gully being that bad when we were there, (2000) but maybe those 2013 rains loosened more stuff. Seems every ascent/descent gully on Rockies peaks is worse since that event, and I've repeated many ascents/descents to confirm that. Or maybe I just don't remember this being so loose---there have been so many loose gullies in my mind...Cheers!
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Mt Potts
Hey there Vern,
Glad you had a clear, blue & uneventful day on Potts! Thx for the nod/credit in your write-up. It looks like we hit the exact same gully. Loved the ridgewalk after the gully.
I did Denny right after Potts and found it to be very draining and MUCH slower, despite it being easier. Your Potts ascent time was very close to mine yet it took me almost 13 hours to combine it with Denny...yikes! (I'm embarrassed!)
Keep posting!
G
Good job!
Good write-up Vern. I just went back up to the area (not the summit tho!) to investigate and will update my description in future book printings to emphasize the looseness/rockfall hazard and mention those 2 rock bands. I don't recall the gully being that bad when we were there, (2000) but maybe those 2013 rains loosened more stuff. Seems every ascent/descent gully on Rockies peaks is worse since that event, and I've repeated many ascents/descents to confirm that. Or maybe I just don't remember this being so loose---there have been so many loose gullies in my mind...Cheers!
No problem Alan - things
No problem Alan - things change a lot over the years I'm sure. What isn't loose in the Rockies right? :)
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