White & Red Baldy

Before anybody cracks any jokes, the title of this post is not intended to reflect the "before" and "after" state of the top of my head although it would probably be a fairly accurate description right now. Red Baldy and White Baldy are two 11,000 foot peaks here in the Wasatch, both of which sit along the Alpine Ridge between Little Cottonwood Canyon and American Fork Canyon. Both of these peaks are familiar territory for me. I've summited each of the peaks twice before. The route we planned to follow, however, was different from what I'd previously done and I was really looking forward to exploring another section of what has become my favorite area in the Wasatch Mountains. The route we planned to follow was a classic Wasatch Mountain Club route called Red/White/Red/White. Our plan was to hike up Red Pine Canyon, climb up the west face of White Baldy, follow the ridge across to Red Baldy, glissade down the west face of Red Baldy and then hike out White Pine Canyon back to the car. Below are a few of the pics from the climb. You can see more of them on summitpost.

Working our way towards the face of White Baldy

Taking a break on the summit of White Baldy

Jason down climbing a steep slope on the est ridge of White Baldy

Good thing I spent some time at the rock gym

Ammon and Jason taking a break on the east ridge of White Baldy.