Morning paddle across Leigh Lake

Moran rises in a scale hard to comprehend

Sunset on the Grand from afar

A different view of the Grand from the CMC highcamp

Camp at sunset

In anticipation of a big day

Sunrise from the Drizzlpuss

The crescent moon hung above the rich, smokey horizon while we waited for a little light to descend into the notch

Starting the arete variation of the CMC face

The Falling Ice Glacier rumbled below us like airplanes taking off

Climbing near the edge of dark and light

A classic line on the iconic Mount Moran delivers us to memorable positions. The CMC Route was established by the Chicago Mountaineering Club in 1941. It affords stunning views back down the Falling Ice Glacier, between the East and West Horns.

Above Unsoeld's Needle

Moving in warm Summer alpine sunrise

The Move

Hundreds of feet drop below with each pitch

Mountains for miles

As the climbing continued, the views got predictably better

Accessing the upper face

Andrew is dwarfed by the rock landscape above the Snake River Valley

Gaining the best climbing

The upper pitches allow you passage along better rock

Rope work

Andrew belays

A moment

Contemplating the Cathedral Group from the summit of Moran