From Chimney Road, starting along the Lamont Peak Trail.The trail climbs the spur on the right. The Lamont Pinnacles visible left of center.Starting up the spur.View back toward Chimney Road.The trail disappears at this outcrop, passable to the climber's right.Contouring toward a small saddle, right of center.From the saddle, the trail contours the south side of West Lamont Peak's ridge.View toward Spanish Needle (left of center) and Owens Peak (right of center).View back toward the saddle.West Lamon Peak's summit area comes into view. It consists of three peaklets, the east peaklet being the tallest.Leaving the trail to climb West Lamont Peak's south slope.Some route finding through brush and over large boulders.West Lamont Peak's east peaklet.Closeup of the east peaklet's Class 3 face.West Lamont Peak summit. View east toward Lamont Peak.View toward (from left to right) Lamont Peak, East Lamont Peak, Spanish Needle, and Owens Peak.Quick detour to West Lamont Peak's middle and west peaklets, shown here.View back toward the east peaklet.Aiming for the notch on the left, I awkwardly downclimbed into the gap below.View from the base of West Lamont Peak's middle peaklet (right).Middle peaklet summit. View toward the east peaklet.View toward the west peaklet (left).Arriving at the base of the west (and most challenging) peaklet. I friction climbed the low-angle face on the right.West peaklet summit. View toward the middle and east peaklets.View southwest.View back as I descend from West Lamont Peak's summit area.Rejoining the degraded trail, contouring east toward Lamont PeakDropping 200 feet to the saddle between West Lamont Peak and Lamont Peak.Starting up Lamont Peak's west slope.Class 2 below the summit.Lamont Peak summit. View southwest toward West Lamont Peak.Closeup of West Lamont Peak.View east toward East Lamont Peak. In the distance are Spanish Needle (center) and Owens Peak (right).View north toward Lamont Pinnacles (left) and Lemont Benchmark (right).
