Sequoia/Kings Canyon NPEast Ridge Climber's Log
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| badmajick | Perfect day  Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012 | |
| Third time's the charm, failed earlier this year and the year before because of too much snow, but conditions and weather cooperated this time! | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2012 9:55 pm | ||
| Josh Lewis | Almost! Date Climbed: Dec 9, 2011 | |
| There was a bit of ice on the rock making the East Ridge feel quite airy and uncomfortable for me. I technically could have made it, but seemed like a risk beyond what I was willing to take. It was certainly a worthy attempt. | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2011 5:05 pm | ||
| ElGreco | East ridge ascent, N ridge descent Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2011 | |
| A fantastic ascent route that I didn't enjoy as much as it deserved because I'd spent all my mental and physical energy, and almost one of my remaining lives, going up a sh***y gully from Cleaver cirque up the SE ridge of Carillon to get to the Russell-Carillon saddle. The rock on the E ridge is excellent. The first half is easy and not exposed. Difficulty and exposure increase after that, but nothing dramatic. A way always materializes when you get up close, and the moves are fun. The N ridge is much looser and dirtier. Traversed below the ridgeline to the E summit, then dropped down the ridge sticking to its N side. Low down, I had to traverse way over to climber's left (facing down) to avoid the pinnacles and other difficulties on the ridge. Dropped to Tulainyo after that. Climbed and descended Cleaver Col back to camp. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:05 am | ||
| hunterslee | Fun Climb Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2002 | |
| Day tripped it from the Whiteney Porthole in 10 hours, Great area! | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2011 9:38 pm | ||
| fleshy1 | East Ridge Jazz Hands Edition Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| Done as a day trip. Rapped off the South side for a quick finish. Excellent ridge route! | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2011 2:12 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | Awesome Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| Nice clean rock. Dayhike of Carillon and Russell through cleaver col | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2011 4:36 pm | ||
| Darren9 | great route Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2011 | |
| Climbed with three partners from UBS Lake basecamp. Snow on much of the route made it more fun and interesting. The exposure and views are exhilirating, but there is always a way to move through. Fun stuff! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2011 12:42 pm | ||
| jpsmyth | Exhilarating | |
| Several climbs with different people between 1993 and 2005. Love this route | |
| Posted May 12, 2011 11:11 am | ||
| GigaMike | East Ridge | |
| Been up and down the East Ridge a few times and it never disappoints. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2011 12:52 am | ||
| fossana | descent route for fishhook Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2010 | |
| Not quite as exciting as I remembered back in my newbie alpine days. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2010 11:11 am | ||
| Sam Page | 80-100 mph gusts forecasted . . . Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2009 | |
| 14+ hours car-to-car. Started in the dark and finished in the dark. Ascending the scree/sand slope above Clyde Meadow was, er, not fun. Though extremely strong winds were forecasted, there was little to no wind. We got lucky! Trip Report | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 2:13 pm | ||
| jspeigl | Fun Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2009 | |
| Up and down the east ridge, then on to Tunaborra and Carillon. A great day! | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2009 1:05 pm | ||
| Kara | East Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| Wonderful route, solid, exposure, and long. LOVED the 'sidewalk' section with 1-2K drops on either side, and the mantle move. It was a first time-Class 3 route for my partner; Took full packs over the Russell Col, spent the night at Tulainyo for a eary start & out. She cleaned it easy. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2009 10:20 am | ||
| eazup | east ridge Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009 | |
| great solo climb. amazing exposure. can't wait to do the whitney enchainment | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 9:46 pm | ||
| basagix | East Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2009 | |
| Wonderful climb with R3 with great weather. | |
| Posted May 13, 2009 6:26 pm | ||
| jimegan | East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2004 | |
| Headed over to tag Carillon before doing this great ridge route to the East and West summits of Russell | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 5:11 pm | ||
| dervin | East Ridge Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2009 | |
| Perfect day, in the perfect place. We took a missed turn on the descent and ended up cliffing out. A few thrown skies, and packs later with a little front pointing in ski boots and we were back at the bottom. Good day. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2009 1:43 am | ||
| gomez13 | East Arete Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2003 | |
| The most exposed Class 3 climb I had been on at that time. Great climb, great Day!! | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2009 7:46 pm | ||
| mdostby | East Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2002 | |
| Perfect day for a climb up Russell. Miguel Forjan and I did this as a long day hike. Did the Rockwell Variation on the approach, climbed the East Ridge and descended the South Slope and main chute from the Russell-Carillon Saddle back to Clyde Meadow. The views and the East Ridge are stellar. All in all an awesome day! | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2008 7:57 pm | ||
| Vertigo soul | E. Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2008 | |
| Striking line and fun scrambling with exposure! My first solo trip...and with the remnants of snow from earlier in the week, and the fact that no one else was on the mountain made for a real epic adventure. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2008 3:40 pm | ||
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