Denali stands above Peak 11,300' and the Don Sheldon Amphitheater.

Dan Aylward on the summit of Peak 11,300'.

Mount Church, Mount Grosvenor, and Mount Johnson in winter.

The rugged north face of Mount Bradley, Ruth Gorge.

Evening light over the lower Ruth Glacier and Tokosha Mountains as viewed from the summit of Mount Church.

Eamonn Walsh climbs thin, overhanging, and detached ice during the first ascent of the east face of Broken Tooth.

Aerial view of the south face of Broken Tooth.

Eamonn Walsh chimneys past a snow-choked slot during the first ascent of the east face of Broken Tooth.

Eamonn Walsh prepares to take the Escalator on Mount Johnson's east face.

Joe Puryear climbs towards the summit of Mount Dickey, Ruth Gorge.

Eamonn Walsh ascending the Escalator on the east face of Mount Johnson, Ruth Gorge.

Aerial view of Mount Dickey's 5000 foot tall east face.

The east faces of Mount Grosvenor, Mount Johnson, and Mount Wake, Ruth Gorge.

The Gargoyle, a 2500 foot tall granite monolith in the Ruth Gorge.

The snowy north face of Mount Church, Ruth Gorge.

Lara and Chad Kellogg enjoying the great rock on "Goldfinger", a route on a formation known as The Stump, in the Ruth Gorge.

Camp in the Ruth Gorge, with Mount Bradley, Mount Dickey, and Mount Barrille.

Camp in the Ruth Gorge. Eamonn Walsh scouting the possibilities on the north faces of Mount Church and Mount Grosvenor.

Eamonn Walsh approaches the summit of Mount Grosvenor after making the first ascent of the mountain's 4,400 foot tall east face. Mount Church is to the mountain on the right.

The 4,400 foot east face of Mount Grosvenor. In 2006, Eamonn Walsh and I made the first ascent of the obvious corner splitting the face, a route we called "The Warrior's Way". A year earlier, we made another first ascent of a route high on the right side of the face, beginning from about half way up the big gully to the right and into a not-visible slot. We named that route, "Once Were Warriors". We also did another, easy new route on the backside that same season. The three new routes were the mountain's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th recorded ascents.

Sunrise on the north face of Mount Church.

Eamonn Walsh early in the morning in the approach gully to a new route on Mount Grosvenor, Ruth Gorge.