WOW. Hard to describe this "great traverse" of the Maroon Bells without writing a novel, so I'll sum it up briefly- Godawful long and steep ascent, awesome class 3-4 ridge scrambling and route finding in a rock climbers playground (lots of variations), with a few class 5 moves, then another godawful long and steep descent. This was my first time leading a group across some gnarly class 4-5 , and I had never been on it before, but this was absolutely amazing. This peak taught me a lot about myself, and that is saying something!