Palisades > Middle Palisade > Climber's LogMiddle Palisade Climber's Log
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| mtneering | better late  | |
| than never to sign this thing | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2013 11:00 pm | ||
| rdesota | Great Climb Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2003 | |
| Climbed with my soon to be wife and had an absolutely great time. The third class is truly epic. Sounds like an oxymoron. Beautiful. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2012 12:34 pm | ||
| SkyPilot84 | Northeast Face Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2012 | |
| From Finger Lake. We started the route via the loose, red chute (as opposed to Secor's chute). After that we decided the left branch of the main chute looked more promising so we took it. The summit was only a few hundred feet to the left of the top of this chute. We couldn't find the summit register. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2012 11:29 pm | ||
| cdewhurst | Middle Pal | |
| Climbed this with CAB. Finger Lake is beautiful. Loved the climb up the face. Look forward to doing more peaks in the Palisade area. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2012 2:43 pm | ||
| cab | Northeast Face Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2012 | |
| Overnight hike from Glacier Lodge with three friends. Just before we crossed the bridge across the North Fork, we encountered a rattlesnake but had no other excitement reaching camp at Finger Lake. Got an early start the next morning and had no trouble negotiating the boulders to the start of the route. We went out onto the glacier for 50 vertical feet or so (used crampons and axe, but probably not necessary) and easily found the ramp leading to the chute. We stepped over the 1-foot wide gap onto solid rock and then up the ramp to the chute. Climbing the chute was great fun with lots of steep, solid rock that didn't feel very exposed. After summitting, we returned the same way, knocking some rocks down in the process. Don't forget your helmet on this one! Definitely one of my favorite Sierra climbs to date. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2012 3:18 pm | ||
| dstevenson0204 | Intense but Fun Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2011 | |
| This was the peak that got me started into mountaineering. Super steep and great exposure! I loved this climb. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2012 5:09 pm | ||
| Bill562 | NE Face Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2012 | |
| Via glacier approach with Alvin W, camped at the base on the way back. CA 14er #12 for me, 13 for Alvin | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2012 12:40 am | ||
| barrel47 | NE Face with Two Teens Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2012 | |
| With my 14 year old son, my neighbor and his 13 year old son, set out on June 23 and backpacked up to the the tarn just below the Middle Palisade Glacier. Reasonably tough hike, especially the last 1.5 miles of boulder hopping and talus sliding. We left at 5:30am the next morning and enjoyed the sun rise just as we headed up the main moraine. The glacier was still pretty firm, but we made it to the ledge with hiking boots and poles. No problem getting on the ledge, no gap yet. Very enjoyable climbing the entire way up without another party on the mountain (or anywhere in the area for that matter). About 2/3 of the way up, I led the group into a right chute when I should have gone left. Some class 4 in this section that had me concerned about the trip down. At the top of this chute we topped out on a "false" summit (a great summit on its own with a flat top about the size of a kitchen table, very cool), we then down climbed from here and completed the climb from the "correct" chute. Back in camp for dinner that night and then the long walk out on the 25th. Truly an amazing adventure. Our two teens knocked off the adventure with ease. | ||
| Posted Jun 26, 2012 5:14 pm | ||
| Ol Walsher | Northeast Face Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2011 | |
| Great day with Jed and Chad. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2012 11:50 pm | ||
| krrt2000 | East Face Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1993 | |
| Great climb, one month after knee micro surgery | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2012 10:26 am | ||
| danman3156 | East Face Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2011 | |
| Fun 3rd class! Second day of a two week backpacking trip. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2011 1:17 am | ||
| ssbclimber | Middle Palisade Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010 | |
| Attempted with Ezra Danciu. Couldn't find the entry chute and glacier had receded way back from the rock being so late in the year. Looks awesome and will definitely try again. Next time I'll camp at Finger Lake though. It's a long haul to make car to car in a day. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2011 2:25 am | ||
| Quadaxial | Success on Northeast Face Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2011 | |
| Fantastic class 3! Definitely veered into some class 4 at times, but wonderful. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2011 12:18 am | ||
| cbuelow | Northeast Face Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2011 | |
| Great day with JedSMG and Ol' Walsher...camped at Finger Lake and had the route to ourselves... | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2011 1:10 am | ||
| Mark N | NE Face Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2011 | |
| Third attempt - first and second attempts were in late season/low snow years and the first move off the glacier was considerably harder. Much easier this time! | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2011 8:28 pm | ||
| oliverkalt | NE-face, great climb Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011 | |
| Great route on good rock with the usual slight gravel topping. The entry ledge was easy to spot and the rest was obvious. Perfect weather, perfect climb, perfect day! | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 1:56 pm | ||
| Kapelmuur | As a dayhike Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2011 | |
| Long day from the trailhead up Northeast Face--16 hours roundtrip. Perfect weather but hellish mosquito warfare through Willow Lake area. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2011 2:22 pm | ||
| rhyang | NE Face Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2011 | |
| Wanted to do Norman Clyde, but the weather was too unstable. Snow was suncupped and soft. Did not need snow gear, but the ice axe came in handy as a cane occasionally :) Thunder and rain started as we descended the moraine. Excellent camping at Finger Lake. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2011 11:20 pm | ||
| TheNobleSunfish | Second time! Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010 | |
| Fun ascent by the standard route with Caltech Alpine Club. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2011 8:18 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | awesomeness Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| favorite scramble, make sure there is a party ahead for more fun. Day-hike with Chad. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2011 4:31 pm | ||
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