Man, this was an incredible adventure. As part of our annual high points trip, Tom and I opted for the SW Ramp route on this guy, and started our hike just before 12:30 pm after driving in from Bozeman that morning. The miles of vibrant wildflower meadows slowly transitioned to glaciated alpine valleys with pristine lakes as we pushed towards our camp at Upper Skytops. Our route finding skills were definitely not perfect, but we made our way there before dark and passed out just after setting up out tents. The next day we woke at 4 AM, hit the trail around 4:30 and made our way towards the slab in the dark, opting to cross a few partially soft snowfields to reduce the impact on our already tired feet. We reached the slab at 7:15 AM, and that is when the real fun began. After nailing two class 3 steps in the ramp we were feeling pretty confident and excited - so much that we accidentally overlooked the discreet class 3 gully we were supposed to take to the summit ridge. Suddenly we found ourselves faced with some scary class 4/5 blocks that we had not mentally prepared for, and it definitely took a strong team effort to get up safely. Regardless, it was awesome and we made it up to the gash at 8:15 and then followed the ridge to our summit at 8:30. At that point a goat decided to hang out with us, even posing on the summit block. Unfortunately he also decided to follow us back down a sketchy gully, keeping us on our toes in case he kicked any rocks down on us. After carefully downclimbing a small class 4 step, we saw a pair of hiking poles and feared the worst, but luckily that was all we found. We made it back to camp just before noon, and then ensued one of the top 2 most grueling and painful slogs out I have ever done (the other being the last couple miles of the devils path in NY). Biting insects, blisters, bruises, pain, dehydration, dizziness and confusion all visited us in the last 4 miles out, but We made it out and drove to Cooke City that afternoon to zombie out. Hands down our best adventure yet and one I will never forget.