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| cab | Ulrich's Route  Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2012 | |
| The end of a traverse from Mt. Dade and Pipsqueak Spire. We actually threw a rope over the summit block and belayed from the other side. I wouldn't trust the rope to actually stay on top of the summit block on a hard fall, but it gave us some sense of security - probably not warranted. Great day with Mark and Pat. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2012 6:45 pm | ||
| oliverkalt | NE-ridge Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2012 | |
| What a dramatic summit! | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2012 12:53 am | ||
| wfry | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012 | |
| A ton of fun and highly recommended. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2012 6:40 pm | ||
| old5ten | N. Arete Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2012 | |
| C2C with the Gazelle. Long day with excellent conditions. Only party on the climb, although we did get passed by a soloist. Crux 5th pitch is only 5.8 (or possibly harder) if you climb it as an OW. The alternative, left side hand crack and stem, is pretty low key. Found the ridge (past ST P5) long and harder than 4th. Walked out under moonlight. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2012 2:58 pm | ||
| Bill562 | Ulrichs Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012 | |
| With Murad, Oleg and Marina from Mosquito Flat | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2012 11:28 pm | ||
| krrt2000 | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 2, 1996 | |
| Solo, awesome climb and view. | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2012 12:09 am | ||
| danman3156 | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011 | |
| Great climb, climbed in a day. Beautiful area! | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2011 1:27 am | ||
| Daria | North Arete Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2011 | |
| Nice route, completed regardless of freezefest in a bad storm | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2011 9:20 pm | ||
| Daria | NE ridge winter ascent Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2011 | |
| Fun route, recommend as a winter climb | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2011 9:19 pm | ||
| Steve1215 | The North Arete Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2011 | |
| What a nice route! Lots of fun stemming up remarkable "fins" of good granite. Though the last couple hours involved nearby lightning and occasional snow blizzards, the snow piling up on the hand and footholds. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2011 2:50 pm | ||
| dkangas | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011 | |
| Definitely merits its "classic" status! | ||
| Posted Sep 25, 2011 2:59 pm | ||
| Darren9 | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011 | |
| Did with SMG, surprised ourselves by everyone soloing the route...it really is only 4th class and the holds are everywhere. Lots of fun, and a great mountain not that far from the trailhead. Had a nice two hour snowstorm with lightning descend upon us on the way down. North Arete is next on the list! | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2011 2:51 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | North Arete C2C Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011 | |
| Did it car to car after a long drive from the bay area, with a good friend. Fun route, the crux (5.10 dihedral variation) was not as hard as I expected, great pro all the way up the route. Rock quality amazing pretty much everywhere. Too bad it only has 3 real pitches of climbing. Would do it again some day.. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2011 10:05 pm | ||
| Hyadventure | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011 | |
| A very satisfying and very physical climb. I loved everybit of it, with the exception of the loose a$$ descent. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2011 6:33 pm | ||
| bc44caesar | North Arete Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2011 | |
| Awesome route! Camped at Dade Lake. Belayed first two pitches, the offwidth, the tunnel through pitch, and the arete pitch above that. Simuled everything else (probably should have simuled the latter two pitches as well). Base of route to summit in 5 hrs. Descent down from the col was icy sketch since we didn't bring ice axes or crampons and the sun had gone down behind the ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2011 12:34 pm | ||
| rocketsredglare | North East West South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011 | |
| Attempted the NE ridge, got off route and ended up on the arete, I think, with only 5 nuts and a rope. Had to do some crazy moves with no room for error. Finally got to a place to down climb and then back up to the ridge. My partners found the rap down and I had to down climb the northeast face doing stupid stuff that would of caused me serious death had I fallen but got off okay. VERY long day. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 7:34 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | Ulrichs Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011 | |
| Solo dayhike from Mosquito Flat. Lots of snow this year (snow from 11,500 feet) but didn't need crampons, which was nice because I decided to leave them in the car. Enjoyed the headwall, wished it was a bit longer. Over to Pipsqueak Spire afterwards (liked BCS a lot more). | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 1:35 pm | ||
| Denjem | ne ridge Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2008 | |
| fun | |
| Posted Mar 16, 2011 1:38 pm | ||
| PlanIt | Just as sweet as people say Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005 | |
| Great fun. Up the east arete. One of the best views in the Sierra. Want to go back for a winter climb. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2011 12:33 pm | ||
| SKI | Words Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2010 | |
| ...Cannot describe how miserable the approach was. Sugar snow over endless boulder/talus fields. Only to find a death smattering of frozen confection covering the first pitch. Damn you, shoulder season- bane of my existence. The End | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2010 7:50 am | ||
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