Laurel northeast gully

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Laurel northeast gully

Laurel northeast gully

According to Secor, the Northeast Gully of Mt Laurel is class 4. "First ascent September 7, 1930 by John D. Mendenhall and James M. Van Patten. This historic climb marked the first time that a proper (i.e., belayed) roped climb occurred in the High Sierra."
LincolnB
on Aug 12, 2012 3:54 pm
Image ID: 806076

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lalamur

lalamur - Oct 26, 2012 2:24 pm - Voted 10/10

Summit & Gully

Can you identify the summit and gully in this photo?

LincolnB

LincolnB - Oct 29, 2012 4:37 pm - Hasn't voted

re:

The north-east gully is the big gap near the center of the photo. After the initial climb the gully angles to the left toward the summit -- not visible in this photo.

midi510

midi510 - Sep 21, 2021 9:25 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: re:

That would be the SE gully, better known as the Mendenhall Couloir. Can be a really fun ski when conditions are good. Skied it on the fishing opener one year and because of a healthy winter, the lakes basin was closed and a tone of fishermen were at Convict. Had a hell of a time finding a parking spot even at 4:30am.

LincolnB

LincolnB - Sep 22, 2021 4:38 pm - Hasn't voted

NE gully

Secor describes this as the NE gully (3rd edition, p. 367). As does Burd in his climbing description on SP: https://www.summitpost.org/ne-gully/162382

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