Trip Report
Wind River Climbing - Deep Lake and the Cirque

by MisterT
Sunday October 10, 2010 12:43am
Here is another trip report link...

http://www.electricant.net/grundyman/windrclimb2010.html

for those too lazy to click, I'll just say it was a 6 day trip into the Deep Lake and Cirque of the Towers areas of the Wind River Range in Wyoming with Dawn to climb The Steeple, Lost Temple Spire, Wolf's Head, and Warbonnet.

Here are a few pics to whet your appetite (if I can get them to post)...

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Deep Lake

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SW Arete of Lost Temple Spire

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On top of Lost Temple Spire

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View towards the Cirque from Deep Lake


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Cirque Panorama

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MisterT 		About the Author
MisterT is a trad climber from the little gold truck.

Comments
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
  Oct 10, 2010 - 12:57am PT
good pics, will read the TR in a bit
sportcamper

Trad climber
seattle
  Oct 10, 2010 - 08:58am PT
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I love that place, and Your TR really takes me back. I only wish we had as much luck with the weather as You folks did. Thanks for posting up, and rekindling some GREAT memories! james.
max factor

Trad climber
  Oct 10, 2010 - 10:13am PT
Really great photos.
alpinerockfiend

Trad climber
the Magic City
  Oct 10, 2010 - 10:27am PT
I enjoyed your photos. Thanks.
moacman

Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
  Oct 10, 2010 - 10:50am PT
Sweeeeet........

Stevo
philo

climber
  Oct 10, 2010 - 11:08am PT
Thank you so much for posting a beautiful trip report.
Stunning pictures! The Winds are one my all time favorite ranges.
pm

Trad climber
High Falls, NY
  Oct 12, 2010 - 07:57am PT
Deep Lake is one of my most favorite places in the world. Thank you for the fabulous pics.
Wack

climber
Dazevue
  Oct 12, 2010 - 08:25am PT
Great shots, thanks. Three decades ago we left a fattie in the summit register which was located right under where you are sitting on Warbonnet.
daendil

Sport climber
Cedar Falls, IA
  Oct 12, 2010 - 09:39am PT
Sweet - thanks so much for sharing!!!

Makes me homesick though.... <sigh>
MisterT

Trad climber
little gold truck
Author's Reply  Oct 12, 2010 - 12:57pm PT
We didn't see any summit registers although we didn't spend a lot of time looking for them, I did poke around a little bit. I wonder if someone has taken them down or I just wasn't looking hard enough.
Wack

climber
Dazevue
  Oct 12, 2010 - 03:11pm PT
"We didn't see any summit registers although we didn't spend a lot of time looking for them, I did poke around a little bit. "

There was a little scree in the boulder nest you are sitting on in the shot. Buried under the scree was a 2" O.D. x 10" long screw together cylinder containing the register. We had a great day disposing of our hard liquor stash at the falls since perfect weather allowed us to finish early. While we were trying to give away excess food we ran into Herb Swedlund.
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
  Oct 12, 2010 - 03:13pm PT
doesn't get any better than this. Great photos. Thanks.
highlux

Trad climber
New Zealand
  Oct 12, 2010 - 04:59pm PT
Awesome photos - nice work.
imStein

Trad climber
Triumph, Idaho
  Oct 14, 2010 - 01:14am PT
Well done.
Dirka

Trad climber
Hustle City
  Oct 14, 2010 - 01:45am PT
Hell YEAH!
BMcC

Trad climber
Livermore
  Oct 14, 2010 - 02:02am PT
Great photos. Climbed in the Cirque with a couple of my bros and a friend several years ago. Your TR triggered memories of fun climbs and excellent times!
J. Werlin

Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
  Oct 14, 2010 - 11:46am PT
5 star TR -- very high quality of photos. Brilliant. Many thanks.
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
  Oct 14, 2010 - 11:44pm PT
Way to enjoy yourself, FOOL!

I love that part of the Winds!
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Oct 14, 2010 - 11:55pm PT
hey there say, mrT.... not sure i ever heard of these spots... unless i am not retaining all these vast places, too well... have to read fast, here... so much to do...

but---that said:

these are fabulous looing places... i love pics of wyoming... the lake was really wonderful to see... great first pic, to start with here...

thanks for a neat share...
god bless...
:)
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Jan 28, 2011 - 06:43pm PT
Awesome pics, thanks for sharing!
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Jan 28, 2011 - 08:04pm PT
That's good livin' !!!
Texas Bird Man

Trad climber
Austin, texas
  Jun 23, 2011 - 11:28pm PT
Oh, how I love the Cirque. Been there twice climbing all the classics. Your photos are wonderful and serve to transport me there as I scroll through. Thanks for the vacation.
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