The east face of Longs Peak and the south face of Mt. Lady Washington on January 18th, 2009.

This view, taken from the east ridge via the Iron Gates of Mount Meeker (13,911'), gives a great perspective of the Ships Prow which is the distinct and featured rock ridge that is the remnant of the medial moraine which once divided the large glaciers in the cirque.  It currently divides the valleys that contains Chasm Lake and the one that we travelled up below Mt. Meeker that connects with the Loft, Flying Buttress, and Iron Gates features on the north face of Mount Meeker. 

There are numerous rock routes on the Ship's Prow (11,800') including a few of the hardest in RMNP including the Sarchasm (14a), Baloney Poney (12c), and the newest three, all 3-pitch trad routes put up by Topher Donahue and Tommy Caldwell that rank in the 5.13R range.

The small snowslope below the east face of Longs Peak is the remnant of the Mills Glacier, named after one of Longs Peak's first mountain guides,  a naturalist, and founding father of RMNP;  Enos MIlls.  His historic log cabin still sits in the meadows across the valley from this, his favorite mountain and one of ours.