North America, United States, Wyoming, Wind River Range, Two Pinnacles, Brown Cliffs Region

Publication Year: 1970.

Two Pinnacles, Brown Cliffs Region. On July 4 we climbed two pinnacles we believe to be first ascents. Bob Smith, Ben Franklin, Chris Haig and I climbed the snow gullies to the ridge containing Bonney’s Peak 234 to 236 above the Brown Cliff lakes. From the base of the gullies we scrambled to the base of the northernmost pinnacle. The ascent (F7, A1) ascended the southeast face into a chimney halfway up the face and continued from there to the top. We four, plus B. Pease, L. Wareham and C. Westburg and led by Sharon Pyle, climbed a second pinnacle, which is bisected by a gigantic rotten crack and lies 100 yards to the southeast. We climbed this fourth-class pinnacle by entering the crack from the northern side, climbing through to the southern side and thence to the top.

James Halfpenny, University of Wyoming Outing Club