Bugaboo NE Ridge from saddle | [ Sizes: Orig | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
Paul Jay approaching the NE Ridge from the saddle. The route begins at the white ledge above the shadow line. Our first view of this was from the top of Crescent Spire, behind the photographer here. We watched a climber ascend the crack above the left side of the snowpatch unroped and wondered if we'd be able to do that. Turned out it wasn't that steep; we walked beside it. There's some class 3 getting to the ledge, but it's reasonable, even in boots with a pack.
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[ Post a Comment ]| Scott | Nice pic | | 
Hasn't voted | Beautiful. | | Posted Nov 14, 2004 12:49 am |
| wildstar | Wow | | 
Voted 10/10 | Inspirational. Thanks for posting. | | Posted Nov 20, 2004 9:23 pm |
| VaughnH | How long did it take | | 
Voted 10/10 | to reach the summit from there? | | Posted Dec 31, 2007 9:38 pm |
 | | Eric Sandbo | Re: How long did it take | | 
Hasn't voted | Let's see... we left the hut an hour before dawn; it might be about 6:30 here. We tunneled up to the top about 2:00 that afternoon - by then the sky was pretty threatening, but the weather held.
There were 4 of us, climbing as two pairs, at middling speed. We're accustomed to passing slower climbers and being passed by faster ones, more often the latter.
Derek Franzen may well remember more details; I'll ask him.
It easily fits into my short list of all-time favorite routes. When planning a trip to the Bugs, we'd argue over who gets which leads on this one. When we got home from there, we'd realize we had most of a summer left with no climbs planned. Bugaboo and its neighbors were such a climax for guys like us, we'd forget that we still had a couple of months of summer left to play in the Cascades. | | Posted Jan 8, 2008 2:02 am |
| | Derek Franzen | Re: How long did it take | | 
Voted 10/10 | I think Eric's memory is quite accurate. We weren't on a speed climb that day, we were enjoying the route and the views. Only after noon did the weather start to deteriorate and then we felt a sense of urgency to get off the mountain. If I remember we made it down to the Glacier and Leslie by 6 PM.
Derek | | Posted Jan 8, 2008 10:18 am |
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