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Crown Mountain from the Upper North Ridge

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Crown from south of Peak 5412 at the beginning of the descending traverse to the north glacier. The narrow gully splitting the north face is "The Cleft", a winter snow route.

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	vancouver islander	Re: Snow route
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the nice comment. To my knowledge the "Cleft" has only been done once. It looked hard to me but I know one of the first ascencionists well and he assures me that, with full snow cover, it's no more than AI1. No more than 45° and only one tool necessary.
		Posted Nov 13, 2008 11:57 am