It was a beautiful day and a great climb. I really loved it and want to go back. Just watch out for those goats if you stash gear... they are little crazy
Good fun route up fairly steep gully with hard snow. Able to kick steps and front point as needed. Second tool was helpful. Used rope at summit rocky finish. Watch for cornice at top.
Climbed with 3 others for my first rock climb. Great trip in excellent weather. The friction move 10 feet up and the chimney exit were challenges for me but not too bad.
Took the direct start, fun long climb, took two #4 Camalots, only used one and could have gone without it. Down climbed the south arete making for a nice little loop.
Great fun climb. As we were climbing up there was an avalanche in the gully down to the hairpin turn, which made descending down the gully interesting.
A 5 pmish start saw to it that we had the route to ourselves. First time on that funky rock - solid holds with plenty of texture made for some great scrambling between belayed pitches.
Had a fun time on this one. The rock climbing was easy--just right for beginners--and the approach was beautiful. We saw several moutain goats along the way.
Beautiful route, perhaps too popular Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2007
Terrific easy rock route, but ridiculous number of people climbing; and it was Wednesday. The approach is almost totally free of snow but the mosquitoes in the morning are extremely hungry.