On July 9, Tim Kelley took Scott & I out on his boat in Prince William Sound to attempt to bag a couple of peaks above Wells Bay. For more pics of this trip, check out Tim's website. As you can se

Here's a view of the general area, with our route drawn in.

We left Friday evening and spent the night on the boat near the head of Wells Bay. In the AM, we headed to shore and began our ascent.

Most of the climb was in open terrain. We only had a couple of short sections of bushwhacking.

We passed a couple of very scenic lakes on the way up.

As you can see on the maps, our route was T-shaped. This picture was taken looking east from the junction in the middle of the T. Our plan was to follow the rigdeline to the right to peak 3101. Then come back along the ridge and go the other way to pea

Me, climbing to the top of a granite protrusion on the ridge for a better view. We saw a bunch of these cool protrusions. Photo by Tim Kelley.

Scott & Tim reach the top of the granite.

From here, we scouted our route up the south peak. Our plan was to follow the ridgeline along then flat, then cross the snowfield to the right as we started ascending, then climb the rocky spine up to the top. Was the top ridge hikable? We weren't sure

About 50% of the ground on the ridge was still covered by snow, but that didn't stop the lupine from popping up where it could.

As we headed up the south peak, we saw a mountain goat ahead of us. Could we beat him to the top?

The goat kept looking back, probably wonding what kind of strange animals we were. He kicked our butts and got to the top first. He chose the exact same route we had scouted, which was a good sign.

A cool snow bridge near the top. Its a long way down the cliff in front of the snow. The goat walked over the top of bridge.

There's the goat, hanging out near the top.

A view of Cedar Bay. Looks like great kayaking down there!