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| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: North-to-south traverse Date Climbed: July 5, 2005  | |
| The North Arete was pretty fun, and so was the South Ridge descent. Kept to the crest of the latter ridge almost the entire way--a bit spicy in a couple of places, and I was glad I still had my rock shoes on, but great fun. Continued on to Mammoth Crest (a spicy snow climb with just an ice axe), traversed every bump along that to Duck Pass, and then continued on tagging every bump along Sherwin Crest before ending the day on Mammoth Rock. Longer outing than I'd expected, but a fun one. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2005 11:19 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: July 7, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Matthew, Michael, and Monty under beautiful skies and great weather. An enjoyable route, just wish it were longer! Trip Report | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2005 3:00 pm | ||
| Romain | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: July 1, 2005 | |
| Climbed with David Victor after flying in from the Bay Area. What a luxury to dispense with the long drive to the Eastern Sierra! Nice route, particularly the crystal pitch and the ridge traverse. The flight in was pretty nice too... see my photo-TR at this location. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2005 2:08 am | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2004 | |
| This was our "Plan B" after getting snowed off of Bear Creek Spire - good climb! | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2005 12:30 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: December ~1982 | |
| Got bored on a family ski vacation, so I started skiing around the valley. Pretty soon I decided to reconnoiter the crag. One thing lead to another, and pretty soon I was on top. Wish I could have said the same thing for my love life! | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2004 1:10 am | ||
| tbnelson | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: June 23, 2004 | |
| Summitted with my friend Lance. Nice 45 minute approach - mostly 4th class with a fifth class move or two. Forgot my harness which kept it interesting. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2004 2:33 pm | ||
| Sam Mills | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: 9/17/04 | |
| Choose this as a short easy climb after Temple Crag. Doug and I both felt the best part of this climb was the class 4 traverse from the north tower to the summit. We caught up with Eastern Sierra guide Doug Nidever and his client at the summit. We had a brief, but pleasent chat. I ended the day with a soak at Wild Willy's and watched the sun set behind the Minarets. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2004 12:18 am | ||
| Misha | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: August 13, 2004 | |
| Very easy 5.7, but you just cannot beat this approach. Rock turned out to be pretty good quality! We barely missed a thunderstorm. After summiting, we descended the West face when the first drops of rain hit us. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 11:41 am | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: North Arete Date Climbed: 31 July, 2004 | |
| Took longer than I expected, but quite an enjoyable climb. Fun first 2 technical pitches, then unroped for the rest of the way. Crystal pitch was weirdly cool, and exposure for the rest of the traverse was exciting! Great climb & summit! | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2004 3:20 pm | ||
| Scott M. | Route Climbed: North Arete (II 5.7) Date Climbed: June 15, 2004 | |
| A fun way to kill a morning and still have time to get an afternoon adventure in, too. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2004 12:15 pm | ||
| rockitjeff | Route Climbed: East Central Gully Date Climbed: July '77 | |
| Did the same route Josh described in the very first post; this my first ever Sierra roped route. This the most obvious line on the East Face. The 5.7 Josh describes comes in the first 40'- 50' of face climbing. NIce golden rock; no pro as I recall. Gully then turns to a sandy hke, then back to 4th class, 5.0 and some 5.4 B4 you hit the 3rd/ 4th class North summit ridge | ||
| Posted Mar 29, 2004 9:52 pm | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: Somewhere on the East Face Date Climbed: 1978 | |
| Climbed a non descript, mid 5th class route somewhere on the east face. Bad rock and some bizarre crystals! | ||
| Posted Jan 20, 2004 1:26 pm | ||
| Dave Dinnell | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 7, 1997 | |
| A fun short trip to do. Descended more directly down the west face. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2004 1:07 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: SE Chute-South Ridge (ascent) / West Face (descent) Date Climbed: Sept 1, 2003 | |
| For some reason, I thought the North Arete was class 4, but when I got there found something much harder. I circled around clockwise, first trying something on the NE side that was class 4+ which I backed off from, eventually finding an interesting class 3 chute on the SE side. This took me to the South Ridge which was a fun way to go to the summit. Never found a register. For the descent, I headed straight down from the summit on the West Face, class 3 - also fun. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2003 11:51 pm | ||
| steeleman | Route Climbed: west chutes Date Climbed: July 20, 2002 | |
| trip report here | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2003 5:03 pm | ||
| Eric Tipton | Route Climbed: North Arete II 5.7 Date Climbed: August, 2002 | |
| This was a fun afternoon climb. Easy access and what an incredible view from the summit. I always wondered where Mammoth Lakes got its name, now I know. I soloed the route in about thirty minutes, the further left you climbed on the arete the better the rock quality. | ||
| Posted Jan 25, 2003 10:51 am | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: North Ridge (II, 5.7) Date Climbed: July 26, 2002 | |
| I thought this climb was supposed to be good, but it was complete crap. It's a zero star climb, IMO. If it weren't for the bizarre section of pure quartz, it would be a negative one star climb. (NOTE: My quality assessment pertains ONLY to the climb -- not the formation/summit itself). | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2002 5:25 pm | ||
| ocelot | Route Climbed: NW ridge Date Climbed: August, 1975 | |
| where's all the girls? | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2002 9:12 am | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: July 24, 2002 | |
| I started up the a buttress-like formation on the East Face, then it turned into a gully, then a ridge. I was in my running shoes and the rock was very loose and licheny, so it was a little scary. The route I took was probably about 5.7 with a lot of 4th class. I didn't see any signs of previous climbers. The pen in the summit register was non-functional. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2002 10:55 am | ||
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