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Looking West at the Cottonwood Ridge

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Looking west at the Cottonwood Ridge during an ascent of Mount Superior's South Ridge; the summit of Monte Cristo is just right of center.
Feb. 26, 2005

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Corey Bigler

Excellent photo!

Voted 10/10

We have a beautiful Peak called Monte Cristo in Washington also. This one in Utah is incredible.

Posted Feb 27, 2005 7:01 pm

PellucidWombat

Another technical route?

Voted 10/10

You know, Joe, when we were climbing up the last part of the ridge, I kept eyeing the south face of Monte Cristo - do you suppose there might be any good technical routes up the thing? I wonder what they would be rated?

I also noticed a few possibilities of some multipitch trad routes coming out of Lake Blanche.

Posted Feb 28, 2005 10:48 am


	Joseph Bullough	Re: Another technical route?
	Hasn't voted	One time I saw an entry in the summit register, which mentioned ascending via the south ridge of "Monte Cristo". I know there's some controversy over the names of Monte Cristo / Superior, and some people use the names interchangeably, so I just assumed they meant the south ridge of Superior. I guess its possible they actually did mean a direct ascent of M.C. It looks pretty steep though; I'd guess at least 5.8 or better, but really hard to tell from that distance. Why don't you give it a try and let us know
		Posted Feb 28, 2005 1:13 pm


	PellucidWombat	Re: Another technical route?
	Voted 10/10	Hmm, I'd still think that those climbers would be referring to the S Ridge of Superior. The south side of Monte Cristo looks more like a face than a ridge to me . . .
		Posted Feb 28, 2005 2:01 pm