Elephant Butte was not going to be easy judging by the angle, but also because it is not apparent where to access it from. I found a semi-viable way and arrived at the fun slab beneath the summit featured on the left after about 30 minutes. I made the summit itself fun as well by taking the more vertical approach. The northern sub-summit had a long trunk with a shirt flying from it. Below, the peaks of Clear Creek County form the skyline from Elephant Butte's summit. I made my way down and over to 'The Brother', which I mistook for the peak to the south of it, so I backtracked and went further north to the correct summit. It was nice to bag some easier peaks closer to home for a change, and attempt to hold on to the fall a bit longer staying out of the snow.
