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| blueshade | SE Face  Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2012 | |
| Again not as hard as people make it out to be. The descent from Peak Thirteen was the hardest part of the whole ridge. The final 50' or so can be Class 4+ if taken directly, but there are likely easier ways. The second hardest part was finding a way down. Be careful on the loose rock. #29 of 31 on 10 day trip. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2012 3:15 pm | ||
| shknbke | with Monitor/13 Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010 | |
| We didn't do our homework (left a TR in the car) on how to get from Monitor to Animas. We thought there would be a high traverse route to the left below peak 13, but it looked highly questionable. The key is to take a ramp that cuts across the s.e. face of 13 and follow it until it peters out. There should be a viable class 4 option to the summit of 13. We left the ramp too early and had to climb a sketchy class 4 chimney. Descend the north ridge 13 and traverse slightly below the ridge to Animas before traversing out onto the s.w. face. Make sure to descend a scree gully from the Animas/13620 saddle, otherwise you will likely get cliffed out on loose ledges. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2010 7:19 pm | ||
| lordhelmut014 | 13er Trio Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010 | |
| Finished off Monitor-13-Animas to complete a pretty incredible trip in Ruby Basin. Need to see this place before you die. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2010 9:06 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | with Thirteen and Monitor Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010 | |
| Climbed up (and I do mean up!) from camp in Ruby to a shelf below Thirteen, then went up Monitor, over Thirteen, and up Animas. Descended back down to the basin from here through a series of steep loose sketchy gullies that we were not always sure would get us out okay, but it worked and we still made the train (barely!). | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2010 11:14 am | ||
| nextyearranier | Great climb | |
| Beautiful day, great views! | |
| Posted May 1, 2010 6:04 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | From Ruby Basin Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| A fun scramble in a beautiful setting. The most obvious route up the SW face has a very short 5.0 crux and is otherwise 3rd class. The scrambling section is fairly short. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 12:21 am | ||
| ElliottDavis | SE face Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2005 | |
| Ran into a couple exposed 5th class rock moves, though I'm not the best at patienlty finding the easiest route. Took a self-portrait on top naked in the yoga "tree" pose. It seemed like the appropriate thing to do, truly. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2008 12:00 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Southeast Face Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| 7 hours from Peak Thirteen, Monitor Peak and Needleton. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 5:13 pm | ||
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