I hiked Conness, up the walkoff described in the supertopo guide. Starting at the Saddlebag Lake parking, then walking the trail out past the Carnegie Institute. NOT past Alpine lake, we went to the low point on the ridge between White Mountain and Conness.
If anyone happened to find a Canon A720 in a black leather bag, with a red climbing sling attached to it, I would really appreciate getting it back.
cab - Aug 27, 2012 10:13 am Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
Alpine Lake
Easy and fun dayhike starting from Sawmill Campground via Alpine Lake.
jonclimbingon - Aug 26, 2012 1:56 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010
West Ridge
Fantastic 18 hour day camp site to camp site.
hgrapid - Aug 25, 2012 11:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
Sweet!
Awesome peak. Climbed as a combination with White Mountain. Virtually no snow in 2012.
DukeJH - Aug 17, 2012 3:55 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2012
Sawmill to Summit Roundabout
Sierra Challenge 2012 Day 1. Hiked to far on the really nice trail and ended up one basin too far west. A beautiful day so the extra mileage, gain, and loss didn't matter.
Reminiscing from my ashram in the Himalayas. When I was a young and foolish man, I solo freeclimbed the vertical East face of the South ridge (West of Alpine Lake) at the head of Timberline Valley (Hall Natural Area) just West of Saddlebag Lake. I was visiting my friend ornithologist Dr Dave Desante and his research crew of whacky twitchers at the Carnegie Institute cabin in the Hall Natural Area just under Mount Conness. One day I wandered up to the headwall. A vertical chute 3 to 8 feet wide and as deep (as I recall) runs about 1000 feet staight up the vertical cirque headwall to the South ridge. It looked very enticing with nice cracks galore so I climbed on. After 20 feet of course, no going back--free climb on or free fall off. Mad skillz required--fist, elbow, knee, finger, body jams de rigour for the duration. I remember with particular vividness a lay-back body jam, to an ankle jam, to a finger jam, to a fist jam, to a short rest on a 5 inch wide ledge. So on for a thousand feet, straight up and stoned (why else would anybody do such a thing). Not for the faint-hearted, the rational or the married-with-children. But what a grand feeling to be on horizontal stone again, at ease with gravity and on top of the world!
A long time brewing, this one. It was worth the wait. Adventurous yet easy climbing in such a dramatic position made for a really enjoyable voyage.
JonathanHeywood - Jun 19, 2012 10:47 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2012
Long Hike
Started out at Lembert Dome towards Young Lakes. Only had about a minute up top due to the impending thunderstorms.
krrt2000 - Feb 26, 2012 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2011
SE Ridge
Solo, very enjoyable.
apachedino - Oct 27, 2011 9:45 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
North Ridge
Awesome route, I want to come back for the West Ridge, Perfect weather.
Vitaliy M. - Sep 20, 2011 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
AWESOME!
Linked up NW ridge of North peak, North ridge of Conness and West ridge of Conness in a day (9/17/2011).
Did N ridge of conness in Aug 2010 also...
mdougherty - Sep 19, 2011 2:56 am Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
East Ridge via Alpine Lake
Fun outing on a beautiful day. Great views at the top.
Darren9 - Sep 17, 2011 3:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011
N Ridge Funfest
Climbed N Ridge with Jake on an SMG trip; great fun and not as hard as it looks in the photos. We used a running belay for most of the technical climbing.
LincolnB - Sep 17, 2011 11:25 am Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2011
Conness
From Sawmill meadow. Someone went to great effort to place rocks like stair-steps up the last narrow section (from the plateau toward the summit). However these have fallen off in a couple of short sections that as a result felt closer to class 3 than class 2.
MoapaPk - Aug 28, 2011 4:24 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
East R via Alpine Lake
Lots of snow for this time of year. We saw a green tent on the summit plateau-- and didn't realize till we were back home, that it belonged to a Vegas friend who was climbing the SW face! Good thing we didn't follow through on our plan to rifle through the tent for money. Storm clouds and snow sent us home before N Peak.
Vertigo soul - Aug 27, 2011 1:32 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011
North Ridge
Not sure why I didn't do this one before. Probably one of the most beautiful places in the Sierra I've seen, and the route was just pure fun! Great quality rock and easier than I thought it might be. Definitely want to go back!
blueshade - Aug 12, 2011 5:53 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
North Ridge
Fun scramble/climb. Lucky enough to meet some guys to climb the upper part roped but wasn't really necessary.
PlanIt - Jan 29, 2011 1:46 pm Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2008
Nice day in the Mountains
More fun with snow on the route. Combine it with North peak for some ice fun.
dkangas - Oct 11, 2010 12:15 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010
Y Couloir
Solo trip up Y-Couloir. Fine snow for crampons and axe. Summit all to myself. Beautiful day.
Approached from Sawmill Campground - took south slope on way up (via sandy/gravelly pass) and came down via some weird distortion of the East Ridge route.
Loved the last little ridge to the summit - what fun!
jmlewis1 - Sep 6, 2012 1:56 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012
Lost Camera!I hiked Conness, up the walkoff described in the supertopo guide. Starting at the Saddlebag Lake parking, then walking the trail out past the Carnegie Institute. NOT past Alpine lake, we went to the low point on the ridge between White Mountain and Conness.
If anyone happened to find a Canon A720 in a black leather bag, with a red climbing sling attached to it, I would really appreciate getting it back.
cab - Aug 27, 2012 10:13 am Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
Alpine LakeEasy and fun dayhike starting from Sawmill Campground via Alpine Lake.
jonclimbingon - Aug 26, 2012 1:56 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010
West RidgeFantastic 18 hour day camp site to camp site.
hgrapid - Aug 25, 2012 11:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
Sweet!Awesome peak. Climbed as a combination with White Mountain. Virtually no snow in 2012.
DukeJH - Aug 17, 2012 3:55 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2012
Sawmill to Summit RoundaboutSierra Challenge 2012 Day 1. Hiked to far on the really nice trail and ended up one basin too far west. A beautiful day so the extra mileage, gain, and loss didn't matter.
Jimmyjaijai - Aug 11, 2012 1:01 am
Cirque Headwall of the South Ridge 1975Reminiscing from my ashram in the Himalayas. When I was a young and foolish man, I solo freeclimbed the vertical East face of the South ridge (West of Alpine Lake) at the head of Timberline Valley (Hall Natural Area) just West of Saddlebag Lake. I was visiting my friend ornithologist Dr Dave Desante and his research crew of whacky twitchers at the Carnegie Institute cabin in the Hall Natural Area just under Mount Conness. One day I wandered up to the headwall. A vertical chute 3 to 8 feet wide and as deep (as I recall) runs about 1000 feet staight up the vertical cirque headwall to the South ridge. It looked very enticing with nice cracks galore so I climbed on. After 20 feet of course, no going back--free climb on or free fall off. Mad skillz required--fist, elbow, knee, finger, body jams de rigour for the duration. I remember with particular vividness a lay-back body jam, to an ankle jam, to a finger jam, to a fist jam, to a short rest on a 5 inch wide ledge. So on for a thousand feet, straight up and stoned (why else would anybody do such a thing). Not for the faint-hearted, the rational or the married-with-children. But what a grand feeling to be on horizontal stone again, at ease with gravity and on top of the world!
Drewid - Jul 16, 2012 3:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2012
West RidgeA long time brewing, this one. It was worth the wait. Adventurous yet easy climbing in such a dramatic position made for a really enjoyable voyage.
JonathanHeywood - Jun 19, 2012 10:47 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2012
Long HikeStarted out at Lembert Dome towards Young Lakes. Only had about a minute up top due to the impending thunderstorms.
krrt2000 - Feb 26, 2012 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2011
SE RidgeSolo, very enjoyable.
apachedino - Oct 27, 2011 9:45 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
North RidgeAwesome route, I want to come back for the West Ridge, Perfect weather.
Vitaliy M. - Sep 20, 2011 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
AWESOME!Linked up NW ridge of North peak, North ridge of Conness and West ridge of Conness in a day (9/17/2011).
Did N ridge of conness in Aug 2010 also...
mdougherty - Sep 19, 2011 2:56 am Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
East Ridge via Alpine LakeFun outing on a beautiful day. Great views at the top.
Darren9 - Sep 17, 2011 3:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011
N Ridge FunfestClimbed N Ridge with Jake on an SMG trip; great fun and not as hard as it looks in the photos. We used a running belay for most of the technical climbing.
LincolnB - Sep 17, 2011 11:25 am Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2011
ConnessFrom Sawmill meadow. Someone went to great effort to place rocks like stair-steps up the last narrow section (from the plateau toward the summit). However these have fallen off in a couple of short sections that as a result felt closer to class 3 than class 2.
MoapaPk - Aug 28, 2011 4:24 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
East R via Alpine LakeLots of snow for this time of year. We saw a green tent on the summit plateau-- and didn't realize till we were back home, that it belonged to a Vegas friend who was climbing the SW face! Good thing we didn't follow through on our plan to rifle through the tent for money. Storm clouds and snow sent us home before N Peak.
Vertigo soul - Aug 27, 2011 1:32 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011
North RidgeNot sure why I didn't do this one before. Probably one of the most beautiful places in the Sierra I've seen, and the route was just pure fun! Great quality rock and easier than I thought it might be. Definitely want to go back!
blueshade - Aug 12, 2011 5:53 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
North RidgeFun scramble/climb. Lucky enough to meet some guys to climb the upper part roped but wasn't really necessary.
PlanIt - Jan 29, 2011 1:46 pm Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2008
Nice day in the MountainsMore fun with snow on the route. Combine it with North peak for some ice fun.
dkangas - Oct 11, 2010 12:15 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010
Y CouloirSolo trip up Y-Couloir. Fine snow for crampons and axe. Summit all to myself. Beautiful day.
calipidder - Sep 6, 2010 9:45 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010
South Slope + East RidgeApproached from Sawmill Campground - took south slope on way up (via sandy/gravelly pass) and came down via some weird distortion of the East Ridge route.
Loved the last little ridge to the summit - what fun!