John Muir Wilderness > Bear Creek Spire > Climber's Log
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| plume | Route Climbed: Arete and Clyde's route Date Climbed: Aug 97  | |
| I've been forced to retreat because of the weather, but never because of the sun. Forgot to breing sunscreen on a snowy year. Headed down for three days of Bishop shade then up again for another try. Fine climbing with Kim. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2005 2:52 am | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: August 29, 2004 | |
| This was my second time up BCS. The North Arete is a fantastic route. My partner opted to doze in the sun while I scrambled up the summit block. Oh well, his loss. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2004 9:18 pm | ||
| dshoshone | Route Climbed: Ulrichs Route Date Climbed: Aug. 13-2003 | |
| Ran into 3 Sierra Challengers,they led me to the summit. Thanks Bob,Michael,Matthew Been up twice more via NE ridge | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2004 6:18 pm | ||
| stoneman5 | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: September 12, 2001 | |
| Great fun. Cold. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 7:23 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: September 5, 2004 | |
| Did this climb almost on a whim during Labor Day vacation --- wore my Tevas to the top! See this trip report for the details. VERY FUN CLIMB!!! | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2004 5:02 am | ||
| Shaase | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: July 16, 2004 | |
| 45 min. after a "no go" decision a hole in the weather appeared. We shoulder'd our packs squeezing through danting Sierra storm threats. Descent in slight drizzle with infrequent bright flashes. It was a great day for us.... | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 2:54 pm | ||
| CPSLOKorny | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| Excellent weather, a little traffic while climbing but well worth it. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2004 5:04 am | ||
| poorboy44 | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: June 2001 | |
| Cool route, we went to the left at the OW, it was only 5.7 or so. I like the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2004 2:36 pm | ||
| brandon | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: June 2004 | |
| Lots of fun. Good bit of loose stuff in the corner/OW at the headwall, about 5.8, and the rest no harder than 5.7. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2004 6:40 pm | ||
| gordonye | Route Climbed: Northwest face via Cox Col (Ulrich's) Date Climbed: July 4th, 2004 | |
| Climbed with Vladimir Ulyashin from camp by a little tarn on top of the ridge between Gem and Treasure Lakes. The slopes before Cox Col had extensive snow cover that was perfect for kicking steps. At Cox Col we met 2 climbers who also go to the Berkeley Ironworks. I carried Bob Burd's photo of the summit headwall and it proved very useful. With rock shoes I was able to climb up the headwall through Bob's "easier chimney". We rappelled down a different headwall on the west side of the summit. Great peak with lots of exposure on every side and some challenging climbs. Then after sundown we spent 2+ hours looking for our tent, finally found it after comparing profiles of surrounding mountains with digital photos taken in the morning from the camp site. What a day!!! | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2004 11:19 am | ||
| Dave K | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 18, 2003 | |
| Dodged lightning all afternoon, including a quick retreat just before reaching the summit ridge, only to try again minutes later. In retrospect, climbing this sucker that day probably wasn't a good idea, but oh well. Didn't climb the summit block because the clouds were building again and the summit block was wet. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2004 12:36 am | ||
| Guyzo | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 2001 | |
| Car to Car in a day, with Kris S. Bring rockclimbing shoes and stick close to the summit ridge for some really fine 5.5 on golden rock! Ran into some old friends on the summit, very nice day. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2004 1:30 pm | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: Ulrichs Route Date Climbed: February 1987 | |
| Did winter ascent with Galen and Barbara Rowell. Great ski down! | ||
| Posted Jan 20, 2004 1:06 pm | ||
| BranchWhitney | Route Climbed: Northeast Buttress Date Climbed: Sept. 2003 | |
| One of the best peaks I have done so far in the Sierra! Fun climb, though got off route and had to climb some easy class 5 rock to the summit ridge. After doing that, I took off my pack and attached my camera case to my belt. On the first move toward the summit, my camera case went flying off the ridge. It's a sick feeling watching your camera bounce down the rocks. I spent about 60 seconds at the summit and located the case about 100 feet below. We rapped down the west side to the camera case. I opened the case and pulled out the camera. Pieces started falling off the camera. Not a good sign! Picked up the pieces and duct tape them to the camera in my hotel room. The camera still works! In fact I took some awesome panoramas from Whitney, Hurd, and Lone Pine Peak with the camera. If interested in seeing them, go to: http://www.hikinglasvegas.com/Panorama.htm | ||
| Posted Oct 6, 2003 6:18 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: Ulrichs Route Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2003 | |
| My first unroped class 4 climb--thanks to some careful coaching by Bob. This is a fun peak with some great rock! | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2003 6:11 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: Ulrichs Route Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2003 | |
| An easy climb from Cox Col. We were on our way back from climbing Mt. Gabb, and this one seemed too easy to pass up. The summit rocks are a bit tricky though - the fun part! It took half an hour from Cox Col, 8.5hr since we left the trailhead at Rock Creek - most of that time was in climbing Mt. Gabb. Trip Report | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2003 7:11 am | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: 3 August, 2003 | |
| Took off from my bivy 2 lakes down from Dade Lake (right below Pyramid Peak) @ 7.30, leaving from Dade Lake @ 8.00. Took a few easy 5th class variations along the way. Passed Rinat's group w/o even knowing he was in it! Made summit by 10.45, leaving @ 11.31. Descended Ulrichs route to plateau below before realizing I'd dropped my camera at the top. Ascended 700', only to not find it! Descended again, having some fun glissading on snowfields en route. Beautiful route, good rock, & excellent day! | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2003 6:46 pm | ||
| Rinat Shagisultanov | Route Climbed: NE Butress Date Climbed: August 3, 2003 | |
| Climbed the route with my wife amd 2 another friends of mine. We had some very bad weather on the day befoe (Aug 2):hale, winds, T-storm and excellent conditions on the summit day. We moved too high and found ourselves on the hard ground on the top of North Arete, so had to backup a little bit and made some low grade 5th class section below the summit block. Returned back via the Ulrich route. Excellent peak and great scenery. Rinat Shagisultanov. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2003 1:33 pm | ||
| kullaberg | Route Climbed: north arete, .8 Date Climbed: may 2000 | |
| good route. another galen rowell first ascent. amazing man, tragic loss.. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2002 7:32 pm | ||
| asmrz | Route Climbed: NorthEast Buttress, 4th class Date Climbed: July 16th , 1995 | |
| Jim Mathews and I scrambled up the NE Buttress in about 5 hours RT from Dade Lake. What a beautiful peak. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2002 8:21 pm | ||
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