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TAken from Luna Col

EDIT: Actually, it's Mt Larrabee now that I look at it closer.

Great TR and pics. Can't say I've ever seen my Dad's signature on any summit register.

This is west of Luna Col...sun sets in the west. Larrabee is too far north. Someone has to know, I look at the map and should be obvious...??? Blum is somewhat south...can't get any sense in saying it Shuksan except its the right direction. I had the camera on maybe 8x zoom digital...

Tom is correct. This is Mt. Larrabee (L) and American Border Peak (R). Nice photograph. One of those right place right time kind of things.

The sun only sets due west at the equinoxes. In the summer, the sun sets north of west. I thought everyone knew that.

I disagree. No way sun is setting over American Border Peak from Luna Col. Can't say what these are but maybe Hagen-Blum or Crowder-Watson.

not sure about the coordinates of Luna Col, I calculate that from Luna Peak, the sun should set over American Border Peak either in late May, or mid July.

I'm going to dig my map out and have a look.

I remember looking at this at the time. Wish I had got out map and compass and got it then, but late and tired. I have my map out now and can't conclusively get id. I know that Klenke knows his mountains.... however.... someone else needs to weigh in.

Dudes. I'm Paul Klenke. Nuff Said.

If Klenke and Sjolseth say it is Larrabee and American Border Peak then it is. Those two have accomplished a lot in this region and are the elites here. They both know their mountains.

Speaking of Larrabee, I'd love to do that in snow in May next year if possible. Beau's TR on that mountain is quiet awesome.

Klenke wrote:The sun only sets due west at the equinoxes. In the summer, the sun sets north of west. I thought everyone knew that.

I argued vehemently against this concept, since the northernmost position of the sun on the summer solstice is well south of the US. (See map below which shows the Tropic of Cancer.) How can it possibly set north of due west from the central US? Sure enough, my buddy got out the compass at sunset and proved me wrong. It must have something to do with the curvature of the earth. The sun definitely sets north of due west in summer.

OK, I think I'll take the stroll back in to get my compass bearings, walk in the park..
I personally am not disagreeing with the id, that's what I asked for since I couldn't figure it out. It just bent my tiny remaining few gray cells to accept the id. Are there no other climbers that have shot the same picture to confirm? My comment that the sun sets in the west was not anything more than the general direction "west" as opposed to uh....sun sets in the south?

Think about it folks, at the arctic circle on the June solstice, the sun never quite sets - it just touches the horizon for a few minutes. At that moment what is its compass position? (Hint, it's neither west nor east.)

As for Norman's last comment, think about a spot just north of the Antarctic circle on the December solstice...