The North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak, West side, as seen from near Meysan Lake. This is a Photoshop merge of 6 frames. We followed Alois Smrz route description and found it to be excellent, when he says 50' that's what it is. I am using his route description to describe these photos, you can see almost all of the route. Starting at the bottom frame.
- Frame 1) The approach, follow a good third and forth class trail, a little below what looks like a dotted line of trees in this frame. The trail meets the ridge just below where the White Mountains in the far background of this frame disappear behind the ridge.
- Frame 2) Third class up the ridge on clean rocks.
- Frame 3) More third and forth class to the top of a point. This first notch is right at the boundary of frame 3 and frame 4. The rock notched out of the ridge is what makes the point. The route description below starts in the notch below this point.
- Frame 4) Moving over to the East side of the ridge, and out of view here. From the notch, 5th class crack with fixed rope (July '08 note, fixed rope attached with small cord, OK to pull on, but weak attachment at the top). Sharp flakes (leaning slabs) 4th or 5th class downclimb to second notch.
- Frame 5) Second tower, layback with fixed pitons, awkward offwidth, cool belay cave. This area of climbing is visible if you zoom on this frame Airy traverse. Third (little) tower, right at the top of frame.
- Frame 6) 4th class downclimb, stretchy crack start from notch, summit pitches.
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