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sierramtngoat - Sep 10, 2005 4:52 am
Route Climbed: East Ridge from Alpine Lake Date Climbed: June 28, 2004My birthday climb, solo, got snowed on while on the summit, then chased off by the sound of crackling electricity; fun route, I must do it again under better conditions.
soslaw - Aug 15, 2005 10:22 am
Route Climbed: Y Couloir Date Climbed: August 13, 2005Summited with Andre sans ice axe and crampons. Gained the base of the couloir via suncups then climbed the rock on the climber's right. A lot of loose rock and holds had to be tested. A couple of class 4 moves 100 feet from the top of the couloir. After exiting the couloir easy class 2-3 scramble via east ridge on good rock to the summit.
Misha - Aug 8, 2005 9:48 am
Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: August 7, 2005After quickly changing plans from the West Ridge to the less committing North ridge, Bob Pickering and I solo'd the route just ahead of rain and thunderstorms. We had the route to ourselves. The downclimb from the 2nd tower was much easier than anticipated (5.4?). Awesome climb!
salad - Aug 2, 2005 7:21 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: 2003ishClimbed with Matt Eastman. Altitude got to me and I bonked towards the top. Long day, benighted on the decent. Great climb.
rdesota - Jul 30, 2005 12:59 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 25, 2005Climbed with Derek Bomholt. Beautiful weather. A bunch of snow on the approach up from Sawmill Campground on the shoulder of Conness. Had a little trouble finding the start, but real straightforward after that. What a great route. Stayed right on the edge/ ridge the whole way. Nicely exposed and fun climbing. Made it back to the car by dark.
mtldrinstr - Jul 10, 2005 8:22 pm
Route Climbed: South Slope from Young Lakes Date Climbed: October 200333 Miles, 6 days, five peaks. Left from Young lades and move to out at Saddlebag lake / HWY 120.
Brian Kalet - Jul 6, 2005 5:11 pm
Route Climbed: North Ridge (ascent) / West Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: July 2, 2005Free solo, through daytrip from 120 (Saddlebag Lake Road was closed) to Tuolumne Meadows.
murraymcleod - Jun 23, 2005 4:16 pm
Route Climbed: From Saddlebag Lake Date Climbed: September 2000Climbed with Mark Danner. A nice hike/climb, but a long day! Kay Redmond from Atlanta (RIP) was along too, but flaked-out below the summit...
kindredlion - May 11, 2005 6:06 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: Sometime in 2003Welson Wilkom and me summited - only gear was a backup pair of shoes... spicy, airy, and fun!
alpine master - Apr 4, 2005 3:05 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 1998Climbed this long before I was in summit post. Just remember it was a long day. Started around 6:00am. I fell and smashed two fingers on the way up so crack jamming was difficult. Got back to the car around 10:00pm. Was a great hike and climb.
ExploreABitMore - Mar 4, 2005 10:16 pm
Route Climbed: Glacier Route Date Climbed: 07/20/01Day hiked the glacier route from Saddlebag Lake. Came down the Carnegie Institute side. Very hard and icy couloirs off the glacier. Loose rock to get around the Bergschrund. Overall a fun climb - but a long day.
Carbo - Feb 14, 2005 11:24 pm
Route Climbed: Glacier route Date Climbed: 1999we climbed it, took the east ridge to the summit and descended down the east ridge route
gcap - Feb 10, 2005 1:06 pm
Route Climbed: south ridge from Young Lakes Date Climbed: July 15, 2004Climbed with cousin Lucian from Upper Young Lake. Round trip in just over 4 hours. Finally reached the top after a few false summits.
plume - Feb 9, 2005 2:41 pm
Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: Uh, 90's-2004Fine climb.
Gene - Dec 10, 2004 8:18 pm
Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: 1978 - 1980This was my favorite peak for a while. I used it to measure my acclimatization. I know I did it five times, maybe more. I love that peak.
Matthew Holliman - Nov 15, 2004 12:31 am
Route Climbed: West Ridge; North Ridge (East Ridge/Alpine Lake descent) Date Climbed: June 10, 2004; July 31, 2004The first time was a Ragged-Conness-White dayhike with Bob out of Tuolumne Meadows. The West Ridge is an awesome climb, great fun even with a rope--we simulclimbed most of it, but it would be cool to come back and solo it... if I can find a way to bypass the first couple of pitches! Those are beyond my limited soloing skills. A dusting of snow from a storm the day before made the 5.6 crux a bit spicy for me, as the snow tended to accumulate in all the holds.
The second visit was on the first day of Bob's Sierra Challenge, when we soloed the North Ridge (except for those darned rappels). Linking up that with the NW Ridge on North Peak was perhaps the most enjoyable day in the Sierra yet. Fantastic rock with bomber holds the whole way. I'll definitely be doing that one again.
hyperbolictans - Oct 11, 2004 2:04 pm
Route Climbed: East Ridge from Saddlebag Lake Date Climbed: 10th Oct. 2004Started from Saddlebag Lake at 7:40am and reached the summit at about 12:30pm . Great weather. Climbed w/ 2 friends. There was another group of two who started off later but overtook us on the way up. They then led us on an interesting variation that bypassed Alpine lake on the way down. There is almost no more writing material in the summit ammo box. Do bring a notebook up if you're heading up there soon.
Bob Burd - Sep 28, 2004 11:58 pm
Route Climbed: North Ridge (ascent) / East Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: July 31, 2004Day 1 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge, traversing from North Peak up the very fun North Ridge. We had 10 climbers on the route at one time, all soloing except for the two rappels - an amusing sight. Four of us took the not as great, but still fun East Ridge on the way down. Trip Report
stoneman5 - Sep 13, 2004 7:27 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September, 2003fun romp. the approach is the crux. can move fast simul-ing, which I recommend.
songhiker - Sep 7, 2004 5:02 pm
Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2004Some of the most amazing climbing I've done in the SIerras, esp. combined with North Peak... Day 1 of the Sierra Challenge.. :)