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| sanfordstone | The Kupunkamint Carousel  Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2009 | |
| I took a trio of Havre natives and a fine southern gentleman up White Calf from the Divide saddle, we took the ridge to Kupunkamint and then to the unnamed peak and finally headed for Curly Bear. The wind was quite significant and seemed to shift in whatever direction was least helpful! We hit the "gap in the ridge" that Edwards describes- my group was pretty exhausted at that point and the prospect of losing a lot of elevation and the regaining even more seemed a bit of reach at 4pm. So we hiked down a gully next to a neat little waterfall, ran down some scree and eventually hit the burn. Hiking through the burn was actually a lot of fun- not much deadfall at all (yet). Eventually we hit the Red Eagle Trail and hiked out another 7 miles or so. We named the trip The Kupunkamint Carousel because of all the ups and downs of the little "peaks" on the ridge, and also because we basically went in a big circle. Clever, I know. There was a register on White Calf- 2 groups climbed it in 07 and 08, but we were the only ones up there in 09 so far! No registers or even cairns on the other peaks- it felt like we were the first people up there, which was a pretty neat sensation. Jim, how did you get around the "gap in the ridge" to continue on to Curly Bear? | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2009 1:05 pm | ||
| pyerger | from divide peak | |
| Have climbed a couple of times, with G.M.S., and friends. Once climbed from divide peak. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:47 am | ||
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| saintgrizzly | Re: from divide peak | |
| You did Kupunkamint from Divide? It's my understanding that cliffs between Divide and White Calf are severe enough so as to almost preclude doing Divide/White Calf/Kupunkamint together. That must have been a long day! There are, of course, climbers in the G.M.S. that would be more than capable.... (Or, are the cliffs maybe not all that bad? Just curious....) | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 12:01 pm | ||
| jimegan | kapunkamint Date Climbed: May 13, 1993 | |
| Climbed with OTHG Also climbed as part of loop starting with White Calf and ending with Curly Bear on 8/28/97 with Vern, Bill Haring and a youngster in his 20s | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2009 3:56 pm | ||
| saintgrizzly | "Standard" route for Kupunkamint... Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Climbed with GMS, with intent of doing both Kupunkamint and White Calf, but forced off summit by horrific winds—there were 13 in our party, and while on the upper reaches of the mountain, every one of us was blown off our feet at least once! So rather than deal with the wind on the ridge to White Calf, we retreated. I've climbed enough in GNP that spectacular views should never come as a surprise, but for some reason I had underestimated Kupunkamint, and was a little surprised at the stunning summit vista it presented. Very, very nice! And despite the wind (which was unexpected, because the valley was calm—not usually the case east of the Continental Divide), a memorable-in-a-good-way outing. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2009 1:32 am | ||
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