Scott - Oct 14, 2008 11:31 pm - Hasn't voted
Which route?Which route did you summit East Lovenia by?
Anyway, athough some of the 12ers are harder I considered East Lovenia to be the hardest of the Utah 13ers. I'm curious which route others have taken.
Dmitry Pruss - Oct 15, 2008 8:37 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Which route?Up East Face and out by the ridge connecting with Main Lovenia. I agree about its being technically the hardest for me, and I also wonder if I missed something easier which the others may have found. What exactly does Davide Rose suggest there? I couldn't locate his guidebook around the house :)
In addition to class 5 elements on both routes, it's also physically long too. It seems that your Lovenia page overestimates one-way distance by about a mile, but it still adds to a 25-miler day!
Scott - Oct 15, 2008 8:48 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Which route?What exactly does Davide Rose suggest there?
About the same as you did coming up from the NE/East Face.
We actually zig-zagged up the NW face and came down the connecting ridge with Lovenia. Not much exposure or technical obstacles, but lots of loose scree.
Dmitry Pruss - Oct 15, 2008 9:57 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Which route?Thanks Scott. This NNW face had the most snow covering the unknown-quality footholds, so I wasn't too excited about heading there! And you say, "connecting ridge with Lovenia", did you follow it all the way or just to the nearest low point? I had some trouble routefinding beyond the first col, ended up backtracking here and there and having more unexpected class 5 fun...
Scott - Oct 17, 2008 8:57 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Which route?I did most of the ridge but since I had already been on the summit of Lovenia we bypassed it in order to have more time to check out some different routes.
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