duaxanh - Apr 1, 2007 7:10 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2004
The Iron Will
Thanks to Mark for guiding me up this beautiful mountain. I arrived at SFO straight from D.C. and having no training or acclamitization after months of being lock up in the city. (Without my backpact and gear, we had to wait for them to be delivered by the airlines). We headed out to Bishop the next day. We camped out at the foothill and again at Anvil camp the next day. We started out at 5am and by the time we reached Sheperd Pass I was about to give up. The snow fields were beautiful. We made it to the bowl and with sheer will power made the last 500m.
yaknjorgl - Jan 4, 2007 4:33 am Date Climbed: Oct 31, 1998
george george
I made the summit with Chris Kobyashi on my second sweat up george creek. I remember fleas and ticks covering my arms and crawling out of my pockets both times at both creek crossings. The crux of the biscuit, by far. The blood suckers were hibernating,or on downers, and hangign out on the branches that canopied the small criks.
what i thought was a single deer track on the side of a 30% sand slope turned out to be the trail.
Great views, but the bump of a summit was anti-climactic compared to george creek. i know two people, in great shape that day climbed the creek- recommended.
Be mindful of the bighorn sheep restrictions and do not go up in the fall. We couldn't find the register anyway.
Chuckpeezy1 - Oct 25, 2006 6:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006
Perfect combo
Tried Tyndall and Williamson in the same trip, didn't time it right, only got to the summit of Tyndall. Failure reminds just makes the challange real.
Best view in the Sierra! The Williamson Bowl is gorgeous and the view from the summit, spectacular! (Has anyone EVER seen a Bighorn Sheep here? Or are they all in hiding until July 15th?)
orandall - Jul 17, 2006 12:04 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006
West Face
Fun Scrambling over the Black Spot and up the Chimney/Crack, with gorgeous views from the summit. Ax/crampons not needed.
RickF - Jun 30, 2006 12:06 am Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2006
West Face - Chute
Fun Climb, It was a long day from Shepard's Pass and back. Great weather all day. Seven snow fields to cross in Williamson Bowl and snow in the chute. The summit register was in a tortilla bag with no pen.
Matt Worster - Jun 27, 2006 3:31 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006
West Face from Shepherd Pass
Good climb, no where near as bad as others have made it out to be. Follow Secor's route across the bowl, and it goes by easy and fast (a little snow helps smooth things out). Stuck to one side of the chute or the other, and enjoyed the scramble! Added Tyndall the same day.
tb00957 - Jun 21, 2006 11:54 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2005
from shepherd pass
heavy snow made the climb somewhat easier, but it's still a tough climb.
Mt. Williamson Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: June 4, 2006
Our group of 5 did the West Face Route from Anvil Camp. Lots of snow everywhere above Anvil Camp. The big chute of the West Face Route was full of snow and we took the rocks on the right side in ascending. The 3d Class chimney above the wide chute was fun. We descended the chute by plunge-stepping in the snow. It's a long day doing Williamson from Anvil Camp!
NoSam - Jun 6, 2006 10:08 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006
West Face
The west face (or tourist route as the NE ridge marmots would say). A mental and physical challenge. I would not call it easy. A lot of fun too. SPS trip. Great lead, Alex.
asmrz - May 17, 2006 5:01 pm Date Climbed: Mar 1, 1989
3 winter ascents on skis
I skied the George Creek 3 times in the 80s. First with George Ivy, later with Andy Fried, Miguel Carmona and Corrado DiFrancesco and the third time with Miguel Carmona. The objective was to ski from the Williamson summit all the way down to the flat ground of lower George Creek. The ski run must be the longest in California and is worth every tired step. The impulse for these trips was 1960s-70s (?) Summit Magazine article by G.Rowell describing George Creek ski descent as one of the North America's longest backcountry ski runs.
Mountain Jim - Mar 4, 2006 5:08 am Date Climbed: Jun 24, 1979
West Ridge
Of the California 14er's I've done this is my least favorite. Lots of loose rock ... maybe I just wasn't in the mood that day.
Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 2-3, 2005
Climbed the route with Scott and Pavel. Sections of this ridge seem to be more like class 5 than 4. We used a rope only for a couple of short rappels. A lot of exposed climbing required being constantly focused and careful about every move. Climbing it in a day would require an extra ordinary fitness level. Kudos to ScottyS for an excellent route description!
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3, 2005
Rick and I left Anvil Camp in the morning and headed up to Shepherd Pass. From the pass, I headed toward Williamson Bowl while Rick started off on his own agenda for another one of his death marches.
The bowl was no big deal - much easier (and less tedious) than I'd expected...maybe an hour and twenty across it.
Not bringing much in the way of a route description, I got hung up at the base of the west face, not sure which chute to ascend. With a little help from Rick in the form of radio contact while he was on the summit of Tyndall, I finally got into the correct chute (the other one turned out to be the Bolton Brown chute). Seeing a figure coming up below, I realized that it was my friend Luba and decided to wait for her to catch up. Having no idea the other was going to be there, we decided to pair up and head for the summit together. We hit the summit awhile later.
As we were descending the chimney, we bumped into Eric. A short time later, we also ran into some maniac dayhiking the peak. I later found out the maniac was Kalet.
Good time. Perfect weather. Talked to some cool people.
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3rd, 2005
Hauled the gear up from Anvil camp to the Pass, then at 9am took off for the summit of Williamson. Williamson Bowl is definately a killer, especially with a bit of soft slushy snow impeding progress. Made the summit a little after 12 and then back to the pass where I camped out. Crampons and axe were very useful i the chute, and pretty much everyone had them. About 50% snow coverage in the bowl.
duaxanh - Apr 1, 2007 7:10 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2004
The Iron WillThanks to Mark for guiding me up this beautiful mountain. I arrived at SFO straight from D.C. and having no training or acclamitization after months of being lock up in the city. (Without my backpact and gear, we had to wait for them to be delivered by the airlines). We headed out to Bishop the next day. We camped out at the foothill and again at Anvil camp the next day. We started out at 5am and by the time we reached Sheperd Pass I was about to give up. The snow fields were beautiful. We made it to the bowl and with sheer will power made the last 500m.
yaknjorgl - Jan 4, 2007 4:33 am Date Climbed: Oct 31, 1998
george georgeI made the summit with Chris Kobyashi on my second sweat up george creek. I remember fleas and ticks covering my arms and crawling out of my pockets both times at both creek crossings. The crux of the biscuit, by far. The blood suckers were hibernating,or on downers, and hangign out on the branches that canopied the small criks.
what i thought was a single deer track on the side of a 30% sand slope turned out to be the trail.
Great views, but the bump of a summit was anti-climactic compared to george creek. i know two people, in great shape that day climbed the creek- recommended.
Be mindful of the bighorn sheep restrictions and do not go up in the fall. We couldn't find the register anyway.
Chuckpeezy1 - Oct 25, 2006 6:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006
Perfect comboTried Tyndall and Williamson in the same trip, didn't time it right, only got to the summit of Tyndall. Failure reminds just makes the challange real.
mdash - Jul 29, 2006 10:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006
West face chute from Shepherd PassBest view in the Sierra! The Williamson Bowl is gorgeous and the view from the summit, spectacular! (Has anyone EVER seen a Bighorn Sheep here? Or are they all in hiding until July 15th?)
orandall - Jul 17, 2006 12:04 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006
West FaceFun Scrambling over the Black Spot and up the Chimney/Crack, with gorgeous views from the summit. Ax/crampons not needed.
RickF - Jun 30, 2006 12:06 am Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2006
West Face - ChuteFun Climb, It was a long day from Shepard's Pass and back. Great weather all day. Seven snow fields to cross in Williamson Bowl and snow in the chute. The summit register was in a tortilla bag with no pen.
Matt Worster - Jun 27, 2006 3:31 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006
West Face from Shepherd PassGood climb, no where near as bad as others have made it out to be. Follow Secor's route across the bowl, and it goes by easy and fast (a little snow helps smooth things out). Stuck to one side of the chute or the other, and enjoyed the scramble! Added Tyndall the same day.
tb00957 - Jun 21, 2006 11:54 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2005
from shepherd passheavy snow made the climb somewhat easier, but it's still a tough climb.
Augie Medina - Jun 9, 2006 12:35 am
Mt. Williamson Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: June 4, 2006Our group of 5 did the West Face Route from Anvil Camp. Lots of snow everywhere above Anvil Camp. The big chute of the West Face Route was full of snow and we took the rocks on the right side in ascending. The 3d Class chimney above the wide chute was fun. We descended the chute by plunge-stepping in the snow. It's a long day doing Williamson from Anvil Camp!
NoSam - Jun 6, 2006 10:08 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006
West FaceThe west face (or tourist route as the NE ridge marmots would say). A mental and physical challenge. I would not call it easy. A lot of fun too. SPS trip. Great lead, Alex.
asmrz - May 17, 2006 5:01 pm Date Climbed: Mar 1, 1989
3 winter ascents on skisI skied the George Creek 3 times in the 80s. First with George Ivy, later with Andy Fried, Miguel Carmona and Corrado DiFrancesco and the third time with Miguel Carmona. The objective was to ski from the Williamson summit all the way down to the flat ground of lower George Creek. The ski run must be the longest in California and is worth every tired step. The impulse for these trips was 1960s-70s (?) Summit Magazine article by G.Rowell describing George Creek ski descent as one of the North America's longest backcountry ski runs.
Mountain Jim - Mar 4, 2006 5:08 am Date Climbed: Jun 24, 1979
West RidgeOf the California 14er's I've done this is my least favorite. Lots of loose rock ... maybe I just wasn't in the mood that day.
graham - Nov 25, 2005 3:34 pm
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Jul-9-05Took about 17.5 hrs to do this long day hike/climb (7/9/05). Beautiful day with nice firm snow to cover all the scree in the West Face gully.
Day hiked both Big Willy and Tyndall on a long day (7/15/06)
Day hiked Williamson on 7/15/08
tdoughty - Oct 17, 2005 5:48 pm
Route Climbed: n.facewith Craig Sanford and descent of s.w ridge and unplaned bivi in george creek basin.
Zzyzx - Aug 22, 2005 2:23 am
Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 2-3, 2005Climbed the route with Scott and Pavel. Sections of this ridge seem to be more like class 5 than 4. We used a rope only for a couple of short rappels. A lot of exposed climbing required being constantly focused and careful about every move. Climbing it in a day would require an extra ordinary fitness level. Kudos to ScottyS for an excellent route description!
cp0915 - Jul 9, 2005 11:08 am
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3, 2005Rick and I left Anvil Camp in the morning and headed up to Shepherd Pass. From the pass, I headed toward Williamson Bowl while Rick started off on his own agenda for another one of his death marches.
The bowl was no big deal - much easier (and less tedious) than I'd expected...maybe an hour and twenty across it.
Not bringing much in the way of a route description, I got hung up at the base of the west face, not sure which chute to ascend. With a little help from Rick in the form of radio contact while he was on the summit of Tyndall, I finally got into the correct chute (the other one turned out to be the Bolton Brown chute). Seeing a figure coming up below, I realized that it was my friend Luba and decided to wait for her to catch up. Having no idea the other was going to be there, we decided to pair up and head for the summit together. We hit the summit awhile later.
As we were descending the chimney, we bumped into Eric. A short time later, we also ran into some maniac dayhiking the peak. I later found out the maniac was Kalet.
Good time. Perfect weather. Talked to some cool people.
thebeave7 - Jul 7, 2005 12:28 pm
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3rd, 2005Hauled the gear up from Anvil camp to the Pass, then at 9am took off for the summit of Williamson. Williamson Bowl is definately a killer, especially with a bit of soft slushy snow impeding progress. Made the summit a little after 12 and then back to the pass where I camped out. Crampons and axe were very useful i the chute, and pretty much everyone had them. About 50% snow coverage in the bowl.
Eric
Brian Kalet - Jul 6, 2005 5:23 pm
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3, 2005Dayhike form Shepherd's Pass Trailhead.
kovarpa - Jul 6, 2005 2:03 am
Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 2 and 3, 2005Very hard (mentally) and committing route. Climbed with Kris and Scott - great job!
Scott Pierce - Jul 5, 2005 12:44 am
Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 2-3, 2005With Kris and Pavel. Secor got this one right: "...one hell of a hard climb."