Mammoth Lakes Basin > Crystal Crag > Climber's Log
Mammoth Lakes Basin > Crystal Crag > Climber's Log|
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| 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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