Woody Packard

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Goat Red


Although I have seen it named Red Goat, every one of the local people I have asked call the tall mountain to the east of town Goat Red. From town, it looks monolithic, but as you approach it, it isn't so simple. Ridges protrude in several directions, making it seem possible that “you can't get there from here” without more backtracking than I had energy for. In the end, climbing revealed the mysteries, and it was a fairly direct climb—though enough exercise to feel the next day.

Though very cool, the perfectly clear weather held throughout the afternoon and early evening, but by morning everything was covered with our first snow.

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Goat Red

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Approach, Remains

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Broken Bottles

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Khazakh Cemetery

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Khazakh Cemetery

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Rock Detail

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Rock Detail

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Herd Paths

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Drainage

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Gooseberries

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Khovd, Foothill Ridge

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Climb Route

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Climb Route

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Drainage, Detail

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Har Us

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Upended Layers

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Har Us, Distance

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Buyant Flats

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Looking Northwest

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Looking Southeast

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Descent Route

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Fins, Descent Route.

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Fin Ridge

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Lichen, Detail

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Bushes at Base

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Goat Red

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Khovd, Dusk, Near Bottom

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Goat Red, Sunday