El Capitan Climber's Log
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| MTfred19 | SE ridge from Kerlee Lake  Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010 | |
| Took the southern approach via Tin Cup Creek and Kerlee Lake - didn't think the dogs would enjoy the couloirs on the northern approach. Crazy log crossing of Tin Cup Creek right where you leave the main trail and head up to Kerlee Lake (one of my dogs fell off it about 15 feet into the raging creek on the way back)! Camped at Kerlee Lake. Nice little climb at the top to the true summit of El Cap! | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2011 2:22 pm | ||
| alpinelight | Very long day Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2006 | |
| 16 hour trip. Made it to top of couloir with friend Joshua, but bagged it there. One of my best days in the Bitterroots. Need to try again. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2010 4:00 pm | ||
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| brittonruss | Re: Very long day | |
| alpinelight, did you climb this in the winter or summer? Any suggestions for a winter attempt? | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2010 11:32 pm | ||
| thephotohiker | Almost Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009 | |
| Made a 1-day attempt at this summit. Hiked from the Little Rock Creek trailhead to the lakes at the base of the summit, then climbed on boulders, talus, and scree to the bottom edge of the snow in the couloir. Climbed the couloir to the ridge, then hiked along the ridge toward the summit. Unfortunately I was bone tired and the summit block was blocked by a 20+ foot deep drift of snow. I decided to live another day and save the summit block for another time. Only 600' of distance and 100' of elevation to go! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2009 5:19 pm | ||
| urnotreal | tin cup solo Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2004 | |
| decided on this route after seeing it from the top of trapper. left tin cup trail about five miles in at a good size scree field. went straight up toward como peaks and headed west once above timberline. made for an unbelievably beautiful, albeit long approach. little creeks, small tarns, and wildflowers galore. thunderstorms forced a quick descent to kerlee lake and a bushwack out. as great as the ascent and summit were, the descent proved to be equally as miserable. not sure on total mileage but this route made for an 18 hour day. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2008 8:28 pm | ||
| mtn ear | Ski Ascent Date Climbed: May 4, 2008 | |
| Skied to base of couloir late on Saturday, bivied, then climbed under bluebird skies to summit on Sunday morning. Climbed with mtsurveyor-- he skied the couloir on descent (glissade for me!) | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 10:55 am | ||
| wyomtman | Great Area Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| Climbed via some couloir? Nice climb with the lakes below as a base camp. Climbed with Sarah, she is a rock star! | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2007 12:49 pm | ||
| alpine climber | five peak traverse Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2007 | |
| Combined with the Lonesome Bachelor and the Como Peaks for a spectacular traverse. From other SPs, this looks like a place for many past, present, and future epics. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 3:08 pm | ||
| highice | thank you luke and tim Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2003 | |
| my first peak in this range. camped out and then climbed the couloir south of the summit. went with luke cassady and tim sharp. I say "Thank you" guys for accepting me into your trips and not dicriminating against my gender. | ||
| Posted Jan 30, 2007 5:58 pm | ||
| aintlifegrand | Main couloir Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2004 | |
| Endless bushwacking through thick extremely wet brush. Gotta love the bitterroots.. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2006 6:23 pm | ||
| T Sharp | Main Couloir | |
| Climbed with Luke and Amy, great trip but I put a hole in Lukes Kiva with my ice ax,[Mountain Hardware replaced the panel]. Amy had a beautiful lead up the couloir that reached 45 deg at the top. | |
| Posted May 28, 2006 9:51 pm | ||
| benjohnson | long day Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2005 | |
| A poor route choice lead to a long day. The climb up was great, but rather than descend the couloir used to come up (no crampons or axes, my parrtner and I decided to descend the NW side of the peak and make our way back around. After being cliffed out and adjusting our route numerous times, we made it back to camp at the high lakes after 19 hours (car to peak to camp). | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2006 5:44 pm | ||
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