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| Bascuela | West Face  Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2011 | |
| Greeted by amazing views. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2011 6:53 pm | ||
| brucelacroix | West Face | |
| Climbed in 06, before joining SP. | ||
| Posted May 30, 2011 7:04 pm | ||
| kwag | N. Fork Bairs Creek Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2011 | |
| This mountain makes you earn the summit like nothing else. After a grueling first day to our camp at 9500 and the Bairs creek headwall to 13600, I was dead. But a short rest and some pepperoni stick gave me the extra juice I needed. We climbed up some snow filled chutes (~45 degrees, it felt like 55 but I'm new at this...) to the east of the summit. The wind was howling once we topped out of the chute. The last hundred feat to the true summit I thought I was going to get blown over (be it by wind, dizziness or headache). All three of us made it and one skied back while we glissaded (sort of.). Great trip! | |
| Posted May 9, 2011 1:00 am | ||
| TheNobleSunfish | West Face Date Climbed: May 23, 2009 | |
| 3 Day trip with Caltech Alpine Club members. Long summit day from Anvil Camp. | |
| Posted May 3, 2011 2:33 am | ||
| GigaMike | West Face Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Climbed up the West Face during a 3 day trip. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2011 3:13 pm | ||
| gordonye | West Face Date Climbed: May 30, 2010 | |
| Epic attempt from Anvil Camp to West Face of Williamson with Vlad, Hakan, and Cenk. Only Vlad made it to the summit. He almost climbed West Horn too, and summited Tyndall the next day. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2010 6:10 pm | ||
| Daria | Day hike Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| One of my first Sierra day hikes-bit of a long day, and boulder field sucked, but one of my more memorable experiences. Short, but cool semi chimney section on the way up to summit. Williamson is a beast | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2010 3:31 pm | ||
| Aviprk | West Face Slog Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010 | |
| Super long hike to Shepherd pass. I thought I was in the wrong pass till I finally saw Tyndall on the other side. Was planning to do Tyndall that same day but got to the pass at 6:00pm which was too late at that point Did Williamson via West Face the following day. Another day that took much longer than expected. Took 2:00 just to get to the base of the mountain from the lake near Shepherd Pass. Wanted to do Tyndall along with Williamson the same day but the energy spent on Williamson alone was too much. Failed Tyndall twice before I even began. Maybe another day with more realistic goals... | ||
| Posted Jul 17, 2010 2:50 am | ||
| Blackmouth | Big Willy Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2010 | |
| Summited via the west face from Shepards Pass. Shepards pass was a great campsite for the one night I was there. This was a lot longer and tougher than I thought it would be. I had some route finding problems in the bowl and did not have enough time to climb Tyndall. I'll be back. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2010 10:29 pm | ||
| sespegorilla | Mt Williamson Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2008 | |
| West face from Williamson Bowl and Shepherds Pass(brutal). | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2010 10:11 pm | ||
| pratyush | summitted Date Climbed: May 23, 2009 | |
| ... with Bill Kells, Dan Bower, Danielle Brown, Jon Weismann and Patrick Sanan, on 22-24 May' 2009, via the West Face (class 3) | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2010 12:24 pm | ||
| kraymes | West Face Date Climbed: May 24, 1992 | |
| As I got to summit some guy was flying away on a hang glider. Forgotten the name signed in the register, but it said something about the North Face extreme team. Nothing like a little bit of awesomeness to humble one's ego. | |
| Posted May 22, 2010 6:10 pm | ||
| jspeigl | George Creek Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2010 | |
| Tough 2 day trip up George Creek with perfect weather. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2010 9:11 pm | ||
| jimqpublic | Williamson Creek Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1985 | |
| Standard West Face route on the mountain. Instead of the up/down/up/down of taking the trail from Symmes Creek to Shepherd Pass, we followed the creek. The thinking was that reduced mileage and no altitude loss would make up for lack of trail. Starting up Shepherd Creek from Foothill Road, then Williamson Creek to the lakes. As one might expect, the route generally gave a choice of talus and scree contouring along the canyon, willow thickets alongside the creek, or walking in the stream itself. Water was fairly low and we did a combination of the three. Ultimately the choice of following the creek was a lot more work than the trail. I returned to the lakes the next weekend and took only 2/3 the time that the creek route had taken. Note: Date is approximate | ||
| Posted Feb 10, 2010 4:05 pm | ||
| Princess Buttercup | West Face Route Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Part of a 3-day backpack (2 nights at Anvil Camp). | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 9:39 pm | ||
| cdewhurst | cdewhurst Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Tough mountain to climb and not for the faint of heart. Williamson bowl is a beast to cross followed by the scree trail to get to the chute. Camped at Shepards Pass. Took me 8+hours to summit from there. Bailed on Tyndall the following day. No energy left. Appreciated being on top. Toughest climb to date. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:53 pm | ||
| cab | West Face Route Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Brutal slog up the West Face after the long trip across Williamson Bowl and hike up from Anvil Camp. Was totally spent after getting back to camp at the top of Shepherd Pass. Climbed Tyndall the next day. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 10:45 am | ||
| MarieP | George Creek | |
| Ascend is not so bad, but going down is a different story... | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:45 pm | ||
| SJ | First part of a twofer Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Headed out from Shepherd's Pass at 0400 in fairly heavy snow. Took around 4 hours (after getting turned around and unknowingly crossing a frozen lake) to get to the base of the west face. Solid climb up, chimney to the summit had a lot of snow and ice on it. Rappeled down a portion of it. Awesome climb, approach was a beast. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 5:56 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2009 | |
| Great 4 day solo trip covering Will, Barnard, Trojan, and Tyndall. Camped in Williamson Bowl all three nights to avoid strong wind at the pass. Some snow- used crampons briefly in the chute- no ice axe though. Chimney was fun and weather on top was perfect! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2009 6:33 pm | ||
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