PalisadesNorth Couloir Climber's Log
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| telemarkdude | Mt Sill - North Couloir  Date Climbed: Aug 4, 1985 | |
| Very nice route. One of my Sierra favourites. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2012 11:54 pm | ||
| adventurdreamer | North Couloir Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Made it up with no problem. Stashed our crampons and ice axe at the top of the couloir, summited and then somehow got off route on the descent. ended up scrambling down some tough rock and mud sections, occasionally using some left behind rap ropes. Made the glacier just before dark and managed to walk/slide back to dirt without our crampons. Tons of thanks to the group that rescued our crampons and ice axes, and entirely due to my own apathy they ended up storing them for two years, finally tracking me down and returning them. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2012 1:23 pm | ||
| GigaMike | North Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2009 | |
| Climbed Sill via the North Couloir with my friends Wes and John. Fun 4th class section and amazing views. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2011 1:18 pm | ||
| rhyang | July 2010 | |
| Descended after climbing the Swiss Arete. Pretty much dry, so we did not bother to rappel, and the fourth class section is fairly short. It can be difficult to see which way to go on the way down -- this has been the cause of several epics, and at least one death, in 2004. -- Also attempted in July 2005, but turned around -- snow was hard in the morning. | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2010 9:31 am | ||
| Darren9 | One of the best Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010 | |
| One of the best routes I've done - it had all the classic elements of moderate mountaineering. The traverse was exciting and worthwhile, once we found it...definitely one of my top ten. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2010 4:10 am | ||
| eferesen | Nice views Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010 | |
| Nice view from the top | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2010 4:58 am | ||
| SKI | Wanted it bad. Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2009 | |
| So much snow and too much vagina in the pants to push up it all. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2009 10:13 pm | ||
| Blackmouth | Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Used the L-shaped couloir on our descent from Mount Sill. I opted to scramble down the class 3 rock on the sides for the first part of the descent and then moved onto the snow. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 8:43 pm | ||
| WML | routefinding frustrations Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2009 | |
| Wound up getting bogged down in snow, ice, and stuck between the Swiss Arete and the North Couloir...wound up retreating. Quite unfortunate. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 2:07 am | ||
| jonmeek16 | desended | |
| decended this route after climbing the Swiss Arete. the rap was very fun and looks like there's some newer gear there | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2009 7:43 pm | ||
| crnhlio | scramble Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006 | |
| windy but great views | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2008 7:11 pm | ||
| SkydiveKen | Easy class 4 Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008 | |
| Climb Mt Sill on our way to Polemonium Peak. Perfect conditions and the easiest class 4 I have done. Pics here:  by skydiveken | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2008 11:34 pm | ||
| Twills | It's easy. | |
| But a fun way to summit Sill if you don't feel like roping up for the Swiss Arete. You may or may not need an ice axe depending on the conditions of the L-shaped snowfield. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 1:56 pm | ||
| skotty | Loved it Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| The L shaped snow field was pretty much non-existent, just a tiny sliver of snow along the base of the left side of the col and patchy at that. This made for some loose climbing on that part, but the 4th class beyond Apex Peak was solid and a lot of fun. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 8:15 pm | ||
| CBoldt1010 | yup! Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2005 | |
| Once up the couloir, it was tough. Lots of snow and ice made it tricky to find the clean route up. Spent a lot of time looking from Apex Peak. | |
| Posted May 9, 2007 6:50 pm | ||
| Augie Medina | North Couloir Date Climbed: July 22, 2006 | |
| Great climb up the L Couloir and challenging rock climb from the top of the couloir to the summit ridge if done free solo. The photos on this Route Page do a great job of showing the route. Scrubbed plans to do Polemonium after Sill due to the hour and menacing clouds. Instead, did a quick run up to Gayley following the ridge directly as opposed to the Yellow Brick Road route. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 1:06 am | ||
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