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| Tom Fralich | East Ridge (solo)  Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007 | |
| Climbed Buck solo while Mary was sleeping in and taking it easy. The last portion of the approach was really difficult to find, so I ended up gaining the east ridge of Buck's sub-peak without ever reaching the lake. After this, I climbed the ridge directly, staying on the crest the entire way. I was hoping for a bit more exposure and found the ridge to be mostly 3rd class, even with every effort to make it harder. The whole thing took 8 hours car-to-car. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2007 6:49 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | North Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| Hiked up South Fork of Avalanche to the broad base of the north summit under three impressive ridgelines. We climbed the westernmost of these steep ridge in 10-12 pitches with some simul-climbing. From the notch on the west ridge, there's a slight overhanging section that leads to the summit. The moves on this section (probably the crux) are easier than it looks (5.7). We descended via the East slopes back to Death Canyon, then hitched back to Taggart Lake. From Car to Car it took us 17 hours. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2007 6:14 pm | ||
| patascent | South East Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2001 | |
| Climbed some variation of the SE Ridge from Timberline Lake. Great line to the top. Descended the East side. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2007 4:21 am | ||
| Brian Kalet | East Ridge (ascent), East Face (descent) Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2006 | |
| Skied from the summit! Trip Report | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2007 5:42 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: Sept 16, 2001 | |
| We had originally planned to climb Buck Mountain from the East Ridge. By the time we got to Timberline Lake my hiking partners were really tired so we decided to climb the East Face instead. It ended up being a nice climb. There is some 3rd class scrambling but nothing difficult. The weather was perfect and the view of the main Teton peaks to the north was quite interesting. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 5:37 pm | ||
| dunsum | Couple routes | |
| The Buck Sanction, III 5.8+, 7 Jul '99 The Northeast Chimney, III mod. steep snow, 29 Apr '06 | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2005 3:30 am | ||
| puddlecruiser | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Easter 2000 | |
| I did not reach Timberline Lake as planned the previous evening to set camp, and I was actually at the bottom of the bowl below after a forced nightfall decent to find a good tentsite. A morning hailstorm made me enjoy the warmth of my sleeping bag a little longer than planned. My morning ascent was slowed by heavy sleet with 40 mph winds and deep snow. I ditched my pack at timberline lake to take just my summit pack. The sun came out like it was summer. It was getting to be late morning, and the snow on the upper summit ridge was getting slightly melty, and a slough in either direction could have potentially swept me off the ledge to my death, so I turned back JUST shy of the summit. I'll be back! | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2005 10:45 am | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 2003 | |
| This is a great route - nice views of the other Tetons and sweet exposure off the north face. Also, you can make the route as easy (well, down to 3rd class) or as hard as you like - the difficult sections can be avoiced or climbed, depending on your preference. Watch the descent, though - a lot of lines that look good end up nowhere! | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2004 6:09 pm | ||
| joel2lounge | Route Climbed: North Face West Coulior (AI2+ 5.7) Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| Left Taggert Lake at 1:30am. Bushwacked up the south fork of avalanche canyon to the base. Route goes up a couple hundred feet of moderate snow to a 45* snow shelf traverse over cliffs. Climbed mixed rock through falling water to get into the coulior. Coulior climbs 1200 feet of snow and ice reaching 60* near the top. At the saddle a steep pitch of 5.7 is needed to make the summit ridge. we summited at noon and descended the east ridge and stewarts draw to another car at the Death Canyon trailhead by 2pm. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2004 1:12 pm | ||
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