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| David Naylor | From the Col  Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2012 | |
| From the Lyell/McClure col. The crampons and ice-ax were essential getting up a steep section of the icy glacier where it met the granite ledges. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2012 2:19 pm | ||
| LincolnB | 1987 | |
| Climbed as part of a Berkeley class in glacier safety. Spent a lot of time flopping down on the soggy ice and practicing arrests. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2011 4:12 pm | ||
| mengbo | From the Col Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011 | |
| Climbed both Maclure and Lyell same day. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2011 12:53 am | ||
| Niels79 | Lyell-Macl?ure Col Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2011 | |
| Could not have done this with out Casey! Thank you for guiding me down the rocks we climbed. An amasing trip! | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2011 12:31 am | ||
| dkangas | Snow galore Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2011 | |
| With Josh H. We were on firm snow from about 10K feet. Did the glacier direct route all the way to the summit ridge. There are a number of small chutes to the top, none of them more than 40 degrees. With axe and crampons it was a breeze. Descended by the 3rd class rock to the Lyell-McClure col and then did McClure. Day-hiked the whole thing at 13 hours. | ||
| Posted Jul 21, 2011 2:26 am | ||
| Vitaliy M. | Fun Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010 | |
| Nice outing with Chad and Max. Continued up to Maclure too. Met several SPers | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2011 5:01 pm | ||
| Jivey | NE Approach, Glacier Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2010 | |
| Went for it solo after my partners all bailed. Started at Tuolumne and camped out right around timberline. Had really fine weather but the glacier was in bad shape with sun cups, which made for a rough patch. Other than that, straightforward rock scrambling up to the summit, with a truly breathtaking view. Beautiful climb! | |
| Posted May 6, 2011 4:54 pm | ||
| mountainmatt | East Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2010 | |
| Climbed up a number of times throughout my years in the park. Awesome view! | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2011 7:59 pm | ||
| Princess Buttercup | Long way in... Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Up the SE ridge from the (really long and suncupped) glacier. A gorgeous peak with tremendous views! | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2010 11:49 pm | ||
| NateE | Lyell Mclure Col Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010 | |
| This was the opener to a week of backpacking in Yosemite. We hiked in from Tuolomne and camped just as the trail starts to ascend. As I was the only one really excited about summitting Lyell, we got a late start the next day. Two of us made it to the Col. I was able to scramble part way up the summit ridge solo, but turned back before getting all the way. I think I will come back to give this one another try. Amazing country here. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2010 12:36 pm | ||
| ckerth | Lyell / Maclure Col Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Camped near tree line along the Lyell Fork. Climbed Lyell and Maclure from the col. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2010 7:06 pm | ||
| seano | East arete Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Daytrip from Tuolomne. The glacier is longer than it looks. Trip report | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2010 11:27 pm | ||
| bennovak | Glacier Direct Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2010 | |
| Suncups made the snow travel very tedious and slow. Avoided the schrund on the left (East) on the way up and the right (West) on the way down. All the rock we found was fine class 3. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2010 8:40 pm | ||
| Rinat Shagisultanov | East Arete from Lyell Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010 | |
| Climbed the East Arete from Lyell Glacier with my 14 y/o son. Carried crampons, but never used them b/c the temps were above freezing overnight. We kept to the left on the glacier closer to the ridge that separates the glacier. On the arete, kept on the ridge with a couple of class 4+ moves. Getting down to the glacier from the shummit shoulder was a bit difficult b/c of the unstable rocks, but eventually worked out well. Hiking back the Lyell Canyon to the TH was tiring. The summit is great and the views are incredible. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2010 2:39 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | 2x Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010 | |
| Second time up, the first in August 2007 with Ron when doing the CA county highpoints. Headed back with Vitaliy and Max to get Maclure as well. Great scenery and the weather held out just enough for us. Lots of snow cover completely covered the bergschrund, until I fell though it up to my chest. A little surpising, and looking back into it, a huge space, up to 15+ feet deep in places. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 12:46 pm | ||
| Jonodo | Lyell / Maclure Col Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2009 | |
| Camped in Lyell Canyon and summited the following day. A slight dusting of snow made the climbing a little more interesting. Winds were fierce. We were hit by a mild early season storm the night after we climbed the peak. The snow made for a beautiful setting and lots fewer people. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:28 pm | ||
| Alpinist | Northern approach Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| Climbed during a 6-day backpacking trip. We camped at the footbridge at 9500ft and approached cross country from the north via Maclure Lake. Ascended the glacier towards the saddle and followed it back to below the summit block. Easy rock climbing from there but the upper glacier was steep, frozen and a bit dicey with my summer crampons (strap ons). Descended the class 4 western ridge and followed the PCT back to camp. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2009 8:30 pm | ||
| iditarod81 | Lyell/McLure col. Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
| Hiked 8 miles into Lyell Canyon & summited the next day. Great weather, didn't need crampons on the glacier. Key was going to the right of the buttress. We ran into a party who summited via the arete the day before and claimed they ran into a 5.6 crack on the way up. We didn't see anything beyond class 4 (cf. Secor). | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 4:06 pm | ||
| pjc30943 | Day climb | |
| Awesome scenery, but a very long day hike. | ||
| Posted Aug 5, 2009 2:24 am | ||
| Misha | Longish day-hike Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| In my finest tradition of dragging unsuspecting newbies up death hikes, I took my coworker on this stroll from the Meadows. We drove from the Bay Area after work, slept for 2 hours, started from the trailhead at 3:30am and returned at 7:30pm, rather exhausted. David had a bunch of firsts that day: snow climbing, using ice axe and crampons and some altitude sickness! Despite the adversity, we made it to the top in good form; the only party on the summit that day. Prospects of missing dinner at Whoa Nelli Deli discouraged our desire to bag Maclure. Next time, I guess... | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2009 8:42 pm | ||
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