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| seano | East ridge via George Creek  Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2012 | |
| Cool feature, but kind of an easy climb, and not worth the hell of the approach. Trip report. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2012 10:52 am | ||
| dkangas | East Arete Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012 | |
| One must learn to love the hellish approach up George Creek. Not to mention the 1500 foot downclimb to Wallace Lake and the 1000 foot climb back to Vacation Pass AFTER the climb. Exposure on the route is fantastic. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. | ||
| Posted Aug 8, 2012 10:03 pm | ||
| wfry | East Arete Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012 | |
| A fine climb with a stunning view. Approached from George Creek Canyon with a group of 8 climbers from SMG. Setup basecamp at 9200'. Started the next morning at 3am. Topped out at 10:30am. Descended to Wallace lake on the west side then climbed back over Vacation Pass and back to base camp. Long day but well worth it. Carl Heller is an awesome peak. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2012 2:59 pm | ||
| Darren9 | The Price of Admission Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012 | |
| climbed East Arete in a party of 4 from Sierra Mountaineering Group. Left at 4am from the 9200' camp and summited at 10:30. Class 3/4, we used ropes on about half the route mainly because of exposure; a high, interesting and scenic route. George Creek approach and climbing back over Vacation Pass add to the price of admission for this fun ride. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2012 10:28 pm | ||
| asmrz | East Ridge via George Creek Date Climbed: May 18, 2012 | |
| Penelope May-Smrz and I started via George Creek late afternoon on May 16, 2012. Made it to the 7,000 foot camp spot. Next day went to the lake at the base of the East Ridge. Scrambled up the Ridge next day. Found rock hard ice in the chimney, luckily we had crampons, ice axes, 100 foot section of 7 mm rope and four medium hexes. The chimney pitch was great ice climbing. All in all, wonderful scrambling trip, good class 4, (my rating). Later in the year when the snow/ice is gone, the ledges/chimney can be scrambled unroped. Great trip, but George Creek approach is hell... | |
| Posted May 20, 2012 8:49 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | Winter ascent Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2011 | |
| With Kevin, Shane, Mark and Max. East arete. Long time dream come true | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2011 2:15 pm | ||
| kevin trieu | East Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2011 | |
| sweet climb. first unplanned bivy. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2011 12:21 am | ||
| Shane Rathbun | Alpine fun Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2011 | |
| Approached via George Creek, a great winter climb. Mountaineering boots and snow definitely upped the ante. My bivy cherry was popped at the top of the snow couloir. Great climb with great people. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2011 10:03 pm | ||
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| PellucidWombat | Re: Alpine fun | |
| That's two bivy cherries that I've popped this winter, and the third this year! I'm getting to be quite the bivy playa ;-) | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2011 7:38 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Scary but Memorable Winter Climb Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2011 | |
| Climbed the East Ridge via George Creek with Vitaliy Musiyenko, Shane Rathbun, Kevin Trieu, and Maxim Belyakov. Bivvied at the top of the snow couloir after 16 hrs of climbing and summitted the next day. The hike out was very long! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2011 12:42 pm | ||
| cp0915 | East Ridge via George Creek | |
| A 2006 dayhike. A fine route. We descended via the West Slope. | |
| Posted May 27, 2008 11:35 am | ||
| bechtt | East Ridge via George Creek Date Climbed: May 10, 2008 | |
| Great climb with Bob and Glenn. George Creek 3X -- this one requiring a bivy. Glenn, there are other ways to climb Barnard and Trojan! | |
| Posted May 25, 2008 2:06 am | ||
| Bob Burd | East Ridge Date Climbed: May 10, 2008 | |
| Oh, a glorious trip up George Creek. Had a swell time climbing the East Ridge with Glenn and Tom. Glenn - never say never - you haven't been up Barnard or Trojan yet... :-) Trip Report | |
| Posted May 25, 2008 1:51 am | ||
| GlennG | East Ridge via George Creek Date Climbed: May 10, 2008 | |
| Tom's trip report covers the details, but briefly; the ridge was a great scramble, I won't be returning to George Creek. | |
| Posted May 24, 2008 6:59 pm | ||
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