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| zoomloco | ellingwood arete direct to traverse  | |
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| Posted Jul 16, 2011 4:34 pm | ||
| Dropmo40 | wait for the wind Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010 | |
| waited till the wind died down and got a start after 9 am. Multiple groups attempted the route that day but only 2 made the summit. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2011 2:41 pm | ||
| benners | Awesome Route Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| Climbed direct start with Tom Pierce. Roped up for five pitches. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2011 1:37 pm | ||
| mbdickhut | Potential New Pitch (FA?) Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2010 | |
| Took the Direct Start from the Upper Col. Lake. Added a bit of good adventure climbing to the route. Altitude got to me a bit since we drove up the day before from Arkansas. Forgot the topo in the vehicle and got off route at the headwall. See link on this site for potential new pitch. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2010 4:08 pm | ||
| BLong | Classic route! Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2010 | |
| Great, exposed scrambling leads to fun high altitude climbing -- what more could be said of this awesome route? I do remember wishing that there was another pitch :) We had 2 two-person rope teams leave the campground/trailhead at 6:00 AM and were back by 6:30 PM. It was a long, fun day in the mountains. Not recommended for those who aren't fans of exposure. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2010 1:10 pm | ||
| heather14 | Direct start Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009 | |
| Turned into an epic. Just as we were getting ready to climb the crux the skies opened up with sleet, snow and lightening. After waiting for an hour + perched on a ledge the lightening stopped, so we started climbing again. Eventually the sleet stopped and we made it to the top much later than expected, thanks to the slippery and icey rock. The late summit made for a pretty dark descent (I think we can claim a first descent)! | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 8:59 pm | ||
| sierrasclimber | Nice | |
| Oh this was such a long day for me so long ago. Lucked out on the weather and no rain or storm. The biggest feat was I drove the road 4x4 road in less than 1 hour. Guess that is why my CJ7 was dead after that summer. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2009 10:35 pm | ||
| ripper333 | DAMN Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2007 | |
| well well well set out to bang out this route and check box on tick list. the amount of snow and ice on the route took things up a notch to say the least.. but got the job done nonetheless.. long ass day big time.... | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2007 10:28 pm | ||
| Flex | Fun Route Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2006 | |
| My B-day route for '06. We were camped at the Lower Lake, climbed 3 pitches of the direct start, unroped and soloed most of the route, belayed 3 more pitches at the the top and were back down at the lake for my B-day party at noon! Fun day in the mountains. | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2006 7:58 pm | ||
| Isaiah | First true alpine lead Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| Wow, from the campground it took two of us 13:30 to do the entire thing. We left with the sun and returned as it did. Great weather (Thank God) and it gave me a ton of experience. The best and hardest mountain I have climbed to date. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2006 1:15 am | ||
| Dan Leonhard | what a day! Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2006 | |
| 4:30am to 7pm. Parking in the passenger lot adds a lot of time but well worth it for this gem. Beautiful weather on a classic route! Need I say more? | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2006 12:20 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | Classic Date Climbed: Aug 21, 1987 | |
| Albert Ellingwood and Eleanor Davis were way ahead of their time. This is an impressive alpine route. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2006 4:04 am | ||
| spenceinboulder | Memorize The Descent Route on This Climb Date Climbed: Jul 26, 1998 | |
| We got a bit of a late start from the parking area (6am) and gambled with the weather. Great morning, great climb, but we were pinned down on a ledge in rainstorm two pitches below the summit for most of the aftenoon. We finally summitted at 9pm and promptly realized that neither of us had a clue about the descent. Kinda' complicated in the dark, zigged when we should have zagged. We optd for a cold bivy and then descended in the AM. | |
| Posted May 8, 2006 11:50 pm | ||
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