Sierra NevadaIndependence Peak Climber's Log
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| Dave Daly | North Ridge  Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| I guess I expected more out of this ridge than was led on to believe. Deb and I had a great time seeking out the 4th and 5th class on this route. Just when the excitement level was rising, we'd run into either chossy/exfoliating rock or we'd encounter a break in the excitement (2nd class scree :P). All in all, we had a wonderful day! Nice views over to University Peak and to watch Jeff's "little Matchbox jeep" (aka salad) driving down the OV Road after completeing his tag on Gould car-to-car in a little over 4 hours. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2007 12:06 pm | ||
| Deb | West Face Date Climbed: Dec 2, 2006 | |
| Too bad Vlad, my name is the last one in the summit log for this slog heap. Had a great time once raeching the ridgeline but I sure think this mountain is skinnier now after me and Blair choo-chooed down the scree! Perfect weather, lots of laughs. | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2006 4:36 am | ||
| Blair | West Face Date Climbed: Dec 2, 2006 | |
| This was a exciting climb! Good exposure, great partner! It was a beautiful day in Onion Valley with Deb on my first one-day trip to the Sierra Nevada. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2006 7:06 pm | ||
| Vladislav | North Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2006 | |
| Climbed the North Ridge of Independence on Saturday, Nov 25. Waking up late after my Olancha marathon the day before, I decided to forgo my ambitious plan to climb Le Conte. I leafed through Secor's book for something to do on a short day and found this. Secor claimed that only last 200 feet of the ridge were class 4 and even that could be easily bypassed. As it turned out I had a lot more class 4 and low class 5 climbing to do than I expected. Should have checked out Bob Burd's description here on SP... Class 4 climbing started in earnest from the middle of the ridge. A bit later when I found myself stemming and doind laybacks, I thought that something must have been wrong with Secor's rating. It seemed like most of the hard climbing could be avoided by staying on the east side of the ridge but it wasn't an option for me as the east fase was covered in snow . Still I had to drop down a few times there and on the west side to avoid the most challenging parts of the ridge. Climbing each tower I kept thinking that it was the final one. Each time I was treated to the view of yet another tower higher up. It got to the point when after reaching one false summit, I laughed out loud seeing more rock up ahead. I spent more than half an hour on the true summit enjoying the sunshine and the fabulous views. Could I be the last person to climb the peak this year? Quite likely so... A quick jog down the west face brought me to the car five and a half hours after I started. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2006 6:56 pm | ||
| ridgeline | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006 | |
| Fun Ridge scramble, cloudy with temps 38 on the summit, brand new register our group was first to sign. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 1:44 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Scree chute from Robinson Lake Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2006 | |
| Some fun class 3 on top, scree was fun downhill(bad up). Overall a good short afternoon hike as a warmup for the Sierra Challenge. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 4:40 am | ||
| birdhead | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| The scree was horrible on this route, lot's of loose rocks. The third class ridge was enjoyable, but too short. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:58 am | ||
| Augie Medina | Route: West Face Date Climbed: July 15, 2006 | |
| Climbed West Face from Robinson Lake. Can't say I enjoyed the volume of scree, but there was some 3d Class rock to enjoy. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2006 12:15 am | ||
| cp0915 | up N Ridge dwn W Face Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006 | |
| Surprisingly nice route up the North Ridge. Super fast descent down the West Face. Something like 3 1/2 hours car-to-car. My shortest day in the Sierra yet. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2006 7:53 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: N. Ridge | |
| Day hike in winter | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 1:25 pm | ||
| tpdwr | Route Climbed: From Robinson Lake Date Climbed: July 26, 1975 | |
| Day hike from Onion Valley. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2005 2:31 am | ||
| uwjennie | Route Climbed: North Ridge/West Face Date Climbed: 5/15/04 | |
| Day hike from Onion Valley. Nice snow climb up the steep North chute. Traveresed around after finding the rock on the North Ridge a bit too exposed without a rope. Great day way to spend a day in the Sierra. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2005 2:07 pm | ||
| Eric L | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 7 Aug 2005 | |
| I climbed this peak on a SPS trip. This a great half day climb. We got up to the summit in 2 1/2 hours and got down in a 1/2 hour before the thunder storms got us. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2005 9:48 pm | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: West face Date Climbed: April 3, 2004 | |
| Snowed about 8" in the morning. when it cleared up in the afternoon we decided to run up before it snowed again. Climbing the ice/snow covered rocks on the ridge in plastic boots was memorable | |
| Posted May 25, 2005 7:14 pm | ||
| granite4brains | Route Climbed: West Face to South Ridge Date Climbed: June 18, 2000 | |
| Very cool climb with some fun, but limited, Class 3. Great views! We dayhiked from Onion Valley campground. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2005 10:07 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: West face Date Climbed: April 1978 | |
| A thoroughly enjoyable class 3/4 climb. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2005 12:17 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: North Ridge/West Face Date Climbed: July 25, 2004 | |
| Bypassed the final difficulties on the north ridge by traversing to the west, and found the crux moves to be surprisingly delicate. Descended the sand slopes on the west side--glad I didn't go up that way! | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2004 8:31 pm | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: February 1976 | |
| Epic winter ascent. The arete had double cornices in places! Great mixed climbing though. This was a heavy snow year and we had to start at Grays Meadow Campground in Owens Valley. | ||
| Posted Jan 21, 2004 1:42 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: North Ridge (ascent) / West Face (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2003 | |
| Tougher than it looked. But fun. Trip Report | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2003 9:29 pm | ||
| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: August 9, 2003 | |
| Did this one as a warm-up for University Peak the following day. Climbing south along the top of the ridge was pretty cool. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2003 3:14 pm | ||
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