08/21/2026
Unique 14er no.43 | Little Bear Peak via West Ridge Direct 🪨
For starters, Lake Como road is as sh*tty as they say. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but whether you do it all in one day or backpack in to save some mileage, it's gonna be quite the sh*tty slog...there's just no sugarcoating it 😅
I had been putting off this peak until the end due to not knowing about the west ridge direct route and only having heard of the ridiculously sh*tty hourglass, and I'm so glad I finally got to knock this off with a much better sense of safety by avoiding that feature 👏
It was such a blast playing around on the class 3/4/5 features on this route, and I couldn't have been more grateful to have had my friend allow us to tag along on this beautiful, bluebird day ❤️
Cheers to another safe ans successful summit! ✨️