By: randosteve|Posted on: August 2, 2010|Posted in: The Wind Rivers | 5 comments

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Temple Peak (one my ski hit-list) and Deep Lake in the Wind River Mountains.

I’m back from a fun trip camping at Deep Lake and climbing Haystack Peak in the Wind River Mountains. Now it’s off to SLC for the Summer Outdoor Retailer for a couple of days.

I’m not that hard of a rock climber, but I still like to get out and climb every once and a while. Haystack Peak has more climbing routes on it than any other Wind River Peak, so it was a good objective and location for a quick getaway from the hustle and bustle of Jackson in the summer. I’ve been on top of neighboring Temple Peak before, like in 1996, but I also want to ski it, and almost attempted with a car-to-car mission earlier this summer…but bailed on the adventure because of warming temps. Here are some photos from the trip.

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Haystack and Temple Peak from Big Sandy Lake…about 6 miles in.

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Hiking up slabs to Deep Lake.

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The crew and the Cirque of the Towers.

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Steeple and East Temple Peak.

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Sunrise in the Cirque of the Towers.

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Julia climbs the North Face of Haystack.

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Looking towards Big Sandy Lake.

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Mosquito proof.

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The flowers were going off.

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Randokitty hikes below our route on Haystack.