Rocky Mountain National ParkCables Route (North Face) Climber's Log
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| lapotka | Great route  | |
| totally worth humping a rope all that way | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2013 2:15 pm | ||
| Brian C | Winter Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2013 | |
| Fun day. Was a bit windy and cold but pretty mild for what Longs is capable of dishing out in the winter. 10 hours car to car. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2013 9:08 pm | ||
| marc123 | Nice climb with some snow and ice Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2012 | |
| Very beautiful free solo climb with some ice and snow so crampons were necessary. After the crux it was nice and easy climbing. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2012 2:58 pm | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | Descended here Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2012 | |
| Came up beaver and descended old cables. We did one rap on the descent, otherwise downclimbed. Felt much easier than 5.4. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2012 10:47 am | ||
| Legpowered | Wet Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012 | |
| It had been raining a lot so the technical pitch was a bit harder than the usual 5.4. We climbed it in two pitches. Took 3 single rope raps to get down. Very light rack. I enjoyed this route but probably wouldnt do it again. Just too much work to lug the rope up for so little technical climbing. Maybe as a free solo.... | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2012 7:24 pm | ||
| BLong | Fun alternative Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| A far preferable route to the Keyhole. Way shorter, more direct, and more fun! We brought a rack just in case we wanted to protect the route, but it was dry so we soloed it in rock shoes. I wish the technical section was longer. We were trying to climb Stettners Ledges, but ended up changing routes after a lot of rockfall (including some medium impacts) scared us off. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2010 1:59 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Too short Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010 | |
| Been meaning to climb this for a while. I was a bit disappointed. Decent scrambling above the technical stuff. Quick route to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2010 11:15 pm | ||
| JonW | Ok Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010 | |
| This route is ok. Perhaps it's much better in the winter. We carried a light rack and a rope for the technical pitch. It was quite wet, so I'm not sure I would've wanted to free it. Lot's of loose rocks scrambling to the summit from the cables section. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 2:07 pm | ||
| Dan Slack | Great mixed climb! Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2009 | |
| Very enjoyable mixed climb. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2009 8:19 pm | ||
| heather14 | Great Winter Climb Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2009 | |
| Guess I'm not great at judging distance....I was expecting the technical pitch to be longer. A great climb none the less. I was suprised at the lack of snow on the N. Face right now, but what snow was there was mixed hard and sugar. It was interesting climbing the rock on the crux with crampons. | |
| Posted Jan 18, 2009 10:25 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Way more direct | |
| I will probably never do the keyhole route in summer again. This route is not that exosed and way more direct. | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2009 11:59 am | ||
| benners | Agreed Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2008 | |
| We were below you Tim, hit that same sugar. What a fun route though. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 8:35 pm | ||
| timfoltz | Hairy but awesome Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2008 | |
| Awesome climb! crux pitch was very enjoyable. Was a little hairy towards the top when we ran into some stretches of sugar snow and couldnt gain any purchase with our axes. Is certainly one of my favorites. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 7:39 pm | ||
| DanielWandsneider | Intense Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2008 | |
| Fun and exhilerating climb! | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 7:37 pm | ||
| DrewB | Great Winter Climb Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2002 | |
| This was my first technical winter ascent and it was a great one. Very cold in the shadows on the face but well worth it. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2008 12:15 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | north face delight Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008 | |
| led jim up the interesting north face to add some spice to his rainier training regimen. the route wasn't overly challenging yet exciting at the same time with a mixture of rock and snow climbing. certainly a memorable day! jamie | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2008 11:51 pm | ||
| astrobassman | Lots of snow on the North Face Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2008 | |
| This was my first winter technical climb. It was a long day. The technical pitch was easy. Once above the technical pitch, we got off route. It became extremely steep and I became uncomfortable on 65-70 degree snow slopes un-roped. We turned around about 200 feet below the summit. The rappel was fun, and I learned a lot this day. | |
| Posted May 21, 2008 12:48 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | My 1st technical winter climb! Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2008 | |
| Despite the sketchy weather forecast for the last weekend of winter, we went for it anyway and lucked out. It was pretty chilly, especially waiting around on the technical section. It was interesting to climb with crampons and big gloves on instead of frictioning up the slabs as you'd do in the summer. 15 hour day!!! | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2008 3:15 pm | ||
| Timothy Pearl | Rejection #4 Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2008 | |
| Rejected for the fourth winter attempt on Long's in my life. Tried the day before on 3rd of Feb, very windy (57mph), decided to stop at Mills Moraine and stash most of the gear under a rock to return the 4th. Day was calm and relatively warm (0-10F). Began to snow lightly. Climbed the first pitch of the N face and realized that the "light" snow had accumulated to about 12". Had to retreat. Note to anyone who might come across this: hiking from Boulder Field to treeline covered with 12-18" of champagne powder is very hazardous. Take care. We'll probably try the Trough next time for simplicity's sake. But not this year. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2008 2:27 pm | ||
| ClimbandMine | good as a mixed route Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2001 | |
| Did this as a mixed route in June one year - a blast. | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2008 6:20 pm | ||
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