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| Foxy Long Bottoms | South Buttress  Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2011 | |
| Climbed a 5th class route up the south buttress. Our route is right of Roach's 4th class south buttress route. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 9:54 pm | ||
| lordhelmut014 | South Buttress Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008 | |
| One of the more enjoyable days I've had in the mountains. Saw 1 person between Monarch Lake TH and the summit as it was a guy at Gourd Lake, which was an incredible setting. South Buttress was a fun scramble, pretty exposed in a section or two, definately got my attention. Finished the day with a traverse to Marten and then a shot at Mohling Traverse the next day. Incredibly aesthetic region of the IPW. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2010 5:35 pm | ||
| miztflip | South Buttress | |
| Great 2 day trip to the area. Climbed Cooper, Marten and Martenette the first day and then hiked over to the S side of Thunderbolt to camp. The next morning I climbed Thunderbolt and Blackfoot. Only 6 more summits to go in the IPW. | |
| Posted May 27, 2009 2:25 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Twice, S Buttress & SW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2005 | |
| 9/25/05 - Climbed Marten Peak from camp near Lower Stone Lake and then traversed to Cooper (climbed Cooper's SW Ridge). Descended Cooper's North Ridge. Easy scrambling. Would like to go back to climb the South Buttress from Gourd Lake. 5/28/12 - South Buttress from Gourd Lake this time. Camped at the lake and did loop over Cooper, Marten & Martenette the next morning. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2008 2:12 pm | ||
| Kane | South Buttress Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006 | |
| That Gourd Lake area really impressed me despite having a lot of experience in the IPW and despite the crappy weather we endured. The class four moves were very exposed and very commiting. That was about my comfort level without a rope. Afterwords we termed the route "hang your ass out over a thousand feet ridge." | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2006 7:49 pm | ||
| Colonelpyat | South Buttress Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006 | |
| Climbed this one with Kane from a camp at Gourd Lake. Good climb in a great area. It's mostly class three but there are two exposed class four moves right near the top of the buttress that got my attention. The traverse to Marten was interrupted by some nasty weather that chased us all morning. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 5:01 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | From Gourd Lake Date Climbed: Jul 19, 1972 | |
| Descended west into Hell Canyon after climbing Marten Peak. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2006 10:56 pm | ||
| indianabob | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge from Gourd Lake Date Climbed: August 26, 2004 | |
| My wife Blynn and I followed Gerry Roach's Southwest Ridge route with a few variations, due to poor route finding that led to some exposed scrambling. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed complete solitude and incredible views from the top. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2004 9:40 am | ||
| JonBradford | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 14, 2003 | |
| Desolation and solitude. Cooper Peak is deffinately worthwhile for thos wanting something a little different. This corner of the Indian Peaks remains free of the hordes that crowd the rest of the wilderness. Dogs Sopris and Raymond accompanied me on my ascent. Jon | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2004 12:21 am | ||
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