Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: August '01
August '01 SouthEast Slopes
A quicker ascent then I planned, could have hiked out in the afternoon, but decided to camp above Horse Creek Pass. Amazing view of the Sawtooth Ridge.
August 23rd '03 East Couloir
This was part of our search assignment for missing backpacker Fred Classenn. To date, he has not been located.
Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: June 26,2002
Ran up from Twin Lakes. There was some hard snow below the route, so I had to pick up a stick for an ice axe. I soloed the fun North Arete in my Kayland Spiders (the only shoes I took), then descended the East Couloir. The summit register is in tatters and is completely full. Car to car in just over 5 hours.
Route Climbed: SE Slope Date Climbed: October 21, 2001
Climbed up from Horse Creek and attempted Whorl and Matterhorn in one day and back to car. Was stopped on Whorl by nasty cliffs just below the summit. Made it up Matterhorn.
Route Climbed: SE face (ascent); East Couloir (descent) Date Climbed: Aug. 4, 2001
Day 1 of the Sierra Emblem Challenge 2001. Excellent weather all day. Day hike from Twin Lakes TH, started 6:15a, returned 3:30p. There was no snow in the East Couloir, making it easy to descend without crampons or axe. It was a bit dicey at the bottom of the couloir getting down the steeper section of the glacier, but I used fallen rocks that were embedded in the glacier as steps to get down this part.
gordonye - Aug 17, 2001 10:51 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2000
Route Climbed: SE Slope, North Arete
September 24, 2000 via the Southeast slope: This was my second major peak after Mt. Conness, which took 3 tries. This took one, and first with Vladimir. Lot more elevation gain than Conness but with one night backpacking it was easy. We spent almost 100 minutes on the summit chatting and talking on cell phones!!!
Second trip via the North Arete route: August 8, 2004, with Dirk Summers and Mark Thomas. This was my first technical alpine trip, on an exceptional route with wonderful scenery.
Joe Hanssen - Jul 29, 2002 6:10 pm
Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: August '01August '01 SouthEast Slopes
A quicker ascent then I planned, could have hiked out in the afternoon, but decided to camp above Horse Creek Pass. Amazing view of the Sawtooth Ridge.
August 23rd '03 East Couloir
This was part of our search assignment for missing backpacker Fred Classenn. To date, he has not been located.
Josh - Jun 26, 2002 3:48 pm
Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: June 26,2002Ran up from Twin Lakes. There was some hard snow below the route, so I had to pick up a stick for an ice axe. I soloed the fun North Arete in my Kayland Spiders (the only shoes I took), then descended the East Couloir. The summit register is in tatters and is completely full. Car to car in just over 5 hours.
steeleman - Oct 28, 2001 2:57 pm
Route Climbed: SE Slope Date Climbed: October 21, 2001Climbed up from Horse Creek and attempted Whorl and Matterhorn in one day and back to car. Was stopped on Whorl by nasty cliffs just below the summit. Made it up Matterhorn.
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mconnell - Sep 19, 2001 2:44 pm
Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: March 21, 2000Climbed with mtnartman on the first day of spring. Beautiful weather. This is a really nice winter climb.
Bob Burd - Aug 17, 2001 12:56 pm
Route Climbed: SE face (ascent); East Couloir (descent) Date Climbed: Aug. 4, 2001Day 1 of the Sierra Emblem Challenge 2001. Excellent weather all day. Day hike from Twin Lakes TH, started 6:15a, returned 3:30p. There was no snow in the East Couloir, making it easy to descend without crampons or axe. It was a bit dicey at the bottom of the couloir getting down the steeper section of the glacier, but I used fallen rocks that were embedded in the glacier as steps to get down this part.
gordonye - Aug 17, 2001 10:51 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2000
Route Climbed: SE Slope, North AreteSeptember 24, 2000 via the Southeast slope: This was my second major peak after Mt. Conness, which took 3 tries. This took one, and first with Vladimir. Lot more elevation gain than Conness but with one night backpacking it was easy. We spent almost 100 minutes on the summit chatting and talking on cell phones!!!
Second trip via the North Arete route: August 8, 2004, with Dirk Summers and Mark Thomas. This was my first technical alpine trip, on an exceptional route with wonderful scenery.