ascentiality - Aug 8, 2023 8:35 am Date Climbed: May 28, 2023
Hike of Mordor
Successful East Ridge summit to Round Top Peak. Difficult scrambling almost the entire ridge. An intense knife edge section almost turned us back. Late California weather made this for a winter like trip/conditions.
dkangas - Apr 12, 2012 12:17 am Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2012
Most of East Ridge
Gained the ridge via a narrow couloir to the far climber's left as one looks at Round Top. There was a good amount of snow on the ridge and west side, which was much better going than over the usual talus. We climbed the ridge until the exposed, knife-edge traverse, about 3/4 of the way along. The unbelievably crappy rock had lots of breakable rime ice on it. Combine that with the 50 mph winds, and we opted to detour around the crux. That meant downclimbing about 300 feet and crossing several annoying spines until we landed in a gully that looked like a promising way to regain the ridge. Up we went, topping out a few notches below the summit. We downclimbed the left variation of the Crescent Moon couloir to head back to Carson Pass.
Vitaliy M. - Jun 19, 2011 2:29 pm Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
fun
jan 8 with all
SKI - Jan 10, 2011 7:32 am Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
Cool but Chossy
Climbed with one with the Bay and Redding Crew. Skied down from the west after completing the traverse starting from Elephants Back.
in AT boots and skis on the back. ER took about 2.5 hours. Then traversed West Ridge and skied back to Carson pass - which was the best part of the day. This route (especially the first half) is a definition of "loose". The second half was pretty fun.
Desert_Solitaire - Oct 30, 2006 4:01 am Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006
East Ridge
The talus was annoying...but still a fun ridge traverse...
ascentiality - Aug 8, 2023 8:35 am Date Climbed: May 28, 2023
Hike of MordorSuccessful East Ridge summit to Round Top Peak. Difficult scrambling almost the entire ridge. An intense knife edge section almost turned us back. Late California weather made this for a winter like trip/conditions.
dkangas - Apr 12, 2012 12:17 am Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2012
Most of East RidgeGained the ridge via a narrow couloir to the far climber's left as one looks at Round Top. There was a good amount of snow on the ridge and west side, which was much better going than over the usual talus. We climbed the ridge until the exposed, knife-edge traverse, about 3/4 of the way along. The unbelievably crappy rock had lots of breakable rime ice on it. Combine that with the 50 mph winds, and we opted to detour around the crux. That meant downclimbing about 300 feet and crossing several annoying spines until we landed in a gully that looked like a promising way to regain the ridge. Up we went, topping out a few notches below the summit. We downclimbed the left variation of the Crescent Moon couloir to head back to Carson Pass.
Vitaliy M. - Jun 19, 2011 2:29 pm Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
funjan 8 with all
SKI - Jan 10, 2011 7:32 am Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
Cool but ChossyClimbed with one with the Bay and Redding Crew. Skied down from the west after completing the traverse starting from Elephants Back.
kovarpa - Apr 19, 2010 5:13 pm Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2010
Traversein AT boots and skis on the back. ER took about 2.5 hours. Then traversed West Ridge and skied back to Carson pass - which was the best part of the day. This route (especially the first half) is a definition of "loose". The second half was pretty fun.
Desert_Solitaire - Oct 30, 2006 4:01 am Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006
East RidgeThe talus was annoying...but still a fun ridge traverse...