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| rdesota | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: June 6, 2005  | |
| Jim Wosnak and I started out at 8:45 am from the locked gate. Windy most of the way, but still a little warm. Made the top of the couloir by 2:30pm. The 4th class rock climb was enjoyable but very cold and windy with solid 4th class - maybe a couple 5th class moves. Downclimbing and one rappel led us back to the snow. We skiied from the top of the couloir all the way back to snowline - around 10,000 ft. and walked back to the car by 6:00 pm. Great day! | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2005 9:29 am | ||
| Zhenya77 | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: May 1, 2005 | |
| Starting at 3:30 am from the base camp (abounded mining cave) we reached the ledge of the Basin Peak by 8:00 am. The anticipated scramble to the summit ended up being a mixed rock and ice climb with lots of route finding. We reached the summit by 12:00 pm. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2005 10:59 pm | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: E Couloir Date Climbed: May 14, 2005 | |
| Almost continuous snow from the cars made this go a lot easier - until it got soft near top of couloir..........Made it from notch to cars in less than 1.5 hours thanks to an almost uninterrupted glissade. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2005 12:42 pm | ||
| Misha | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: May 29, 2005 | |
| Day (or shall I say night) hiked with Steve Larson. We found great snow conditions in the couloir on the way up. And what great scrambling to the summit!! While downclimbing the rock section, I took a wrong turn and found myself at the top of a cliff marked w/ fresh rappel slings. Not feeling like downclimbing vertical rock in mountain boots, I climbed up a bit, eventually found my way to the notch and plunge-stepped down the couloir. Burgers at Jack's marked a fine end to this great outing! | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 1:00 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: May 29, 2005 | |
| Here it is, Memorial Day weekend, and it's cold and windy! What's up with that? After hearing dire predictions of soft snow on this peak we decided to leave the trailhead at midnight. Although the poor snow conditions never materialized, leaving that early (well, okay, we walked away at 1:15 am) was a bonus in terms of getting back with plenty of daylight. The skiing from the notch on down was awesome! The summit block is some fun scrambling. Staying near the arete is more exposed, but definitely more fun. | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 1:39 am | ||
| rhyang | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: 14-May-2005 | |
| Bivied in the mine, then climbed the couloir. Snow was firm until around 7:30am (the sun really started beating down). Climbed the rock section unroped - probably class 4+ with some 5th-class moves thrown in for good measure. Spent a good bit of time getting used to the feel of my boots at that climbing level, downclimbing, pondering, etc. Encountered ice in some of the cracks, making for some interesting moments. 2 guys came up while I pondered, and broke out their rope (37m x 8.5mm double), harnesses, pro, etc. which they were able to use to rap off. Descended the class 2 scramble, then down the chute Doug noted in the route page. Beware of melt-freeze ice / scree near the rock; I eventually elected to stay well clear of that and plunge-step down the snow gully, eventually contouring to the scree / snow gully opposite the couloir. Climbed about 500' or so on scree / talus (nasty), then glissaded the couloir, which by early afternoon was pretty soft. Views were fantastic, and the day was perfect. | |
| Posted May 15, 2005 12:00 pm | ||
| Rinat Shagisultanov | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: May 1, 2005 | |
| Ckimbed the chute on the excellent snow with some weather coming upon us.We made ot the top of the chute by 8 am starting from the basecamp on the old mine. My partner and I climber the rock section to the summit in 2.5 hrs. The easier ground was covered with ice and verglass, roped up twice to climb some 5.4 short pitches to the summit. Hiked down the snow chute on the western slope and then down the SE face, hiked up the talus field to the top of the E Couloir again. Great mountain with one of the best views of Sieera I have ever seen in 4 years of climbing here. Looked like we were the first in the 2005 winter/spring season who made it to the summit. | |
| Posted May 2, 2005 1:03 pm | ||
| cottersnow | Route Climbed: Basin Couloir Date Climbed: January 2004 | |
| Great mountain and much more fun in the winter. | ||
| Posted Feb 28, 2005 3:24 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2004 | |
| Day 4 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge. Climbed with Mark (PellucidWombat) and Michael Graupe on a very fun traverse up the East Couloir (ok, the couloir was a scree slog, but the class 4 above it was nice), over to S. Basin Peak, and on to Four Gables. The NE Ridge of S. Basin Peak had some great class 4 scrambling. Trip Report | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 5:31 pm | ||
| stoneman5 | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: March, 2004 | |
| Snow conditions prevented summiting, but skiing was good, if a bit wet. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 7:38 pm | ||
| josephgdawson | Route Climbed: Northeast Chute Date Climbed: August 3, 2004 | |
| Took a route to the right of the East Couloir that did not look like such a scree slog. Class 3 and short class 4. Popped out on the summit ridge 1.5 miles north of the summit and tagged the peak from there. "Bag it, tag it, sell it to the butcher in the store." | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2004 3:01 am | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: August 3rd, 2004 | |
| Day 4 of the Sierra Challenge. I took a bad fall in a chimney when a chockstone that I was standing on blew out - gouged my shin pretty bad. Luckily I still had the energy to do the class 4 ridge to South Basin Mountain and traverse to Four Gables! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 4:30 pm | ||
| tbnelson | Route Climbed: East Chute Date Climbed: May 2003 | |
| Summitted with my friends Garth and Gary. Got a little off route and did 5 short pitches of mostly fourth class with maybe a 5.6 move thrown in. Great climb. My first Alpine lead. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2004 1:31 am | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: East Chute (ascent) / North Slopes (descent) Date Climbed: May 22, 2004 | |
| Dayhike from Horton Lakes TH. Interesting scramble; my rock shoes proved indispensible today. The north slopes consisted of frozen snow when I descended--glad they weren't any steeper. | |
| Posted May 24, 2004 1:51 pm | ||
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