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| cdewhurst | cdewhurst  Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Tough mountain to climb and not for the faint of heart. Williamson bowl is a beast to cross followed by the scree trail to get to the chute. Camped at Shepards Pass. Took me 8+hours to summit from there. Bailed on Tyndall the following day. No energy left. Appreciated being on top. Toughest climb to date. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:53 pm | ||
| cab | West Face Route Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Brutal slog up the West Face after the long trip across Williamson Bowl and hike up from Anvil Camp. Was totally spent after getting back to camp at the top of Shepherd Pass. Climbed Tyndall the next day. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 10:45 am | ||
| MarieP | George Creek | |
| Ascend is not so bad, but going down is a different story... | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:45 pm | ||
| SJ | First part of a twofer Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Headed out from Shepherd's Pass at 0400 in fairly heavy snow. Took around 4 hours (after getting turned around and unknowingly crossing a frozen lake) to get to the base of the west face. Solid climb up, chimney to the summit had a lot of snow and ice on it. Rappeled down a portion of it. Awesome climb, approach was a beast. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 5:56 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2009 | |
| Great 4 day solo trip covering Will, Barnard, Trojan, and Tyndall. Camped in Williamson Bowl all three nights to avoid strong wind at the pass. Some snow- used crampons briefly in the chute- no ice axe though. Chimney was fun and weather on top was perfect! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2009 6:33 pm | ||
| lakenyon | George Creek Date Climbed: May 4, 2008 | |
| 2 day trip via George Creek. Slow but otherwise good. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:50 am | ||
| mariusschilder | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009 | |
| Left Anvil at 4am, at pass at 5:45. Snow below pass was crusty but passable w/o axe or crampons. Some snow up high in gully but easily climbed around on climber's right. | ||
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 6:35 pm | ||
| RussThaw | longest day Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2009 | |
| Had a great Father's Day summitting Mount Williamson this past Sunday with climbing partners Bryan Bell, my son Travis, & joining Sean Kenney in the snow covered shoot on the way up. Warm, no wind, clear skies at the top. Just a great day !! Duck Soup ! Russ Thaw | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2009 9:48 pm | ||
| J Fox | West Face Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2009 | |
| Had great weather for our climb up the West Face. Camped at Sheperds Pass and had the whole area to ourselves. We had a bit of an epic as we took a right had turn about 500 feet before the end of the gully looking for the chimney. Ended up on some dicey 4th class stuff but we were able to downclimb and head back up the gully to the summit. Sweet views of Whitney, Russel and Tyndal. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2009 11:30 am | ||
| Sean Kenney | West Face Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2009 | |
| Hard to top the weather we had yesterday. :) | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2009 3:10 pm | ||
| SkydiveKen | Crossing the rock pile Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Otherwise known as the Williamson bowl. Took a chance on the weather and was rewarded with a outstanding weekend of climbing. 2 more 14er's and 2 new climbing partners. Thanks SJ and souloscrambler for a great trip! click on the thumbnail for pics  by skydiveken | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2009 12:20 am | ||
| thholder | West Face Gully Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008 | |
| from camp at lake below Tyndall's east face | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2009 4:02 pm | ||
| maytawn | Via George Creek Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2009 | |
| Weather was perfect. The snow was also in good shape. | |
| Posted Apr 21, 2009 7:08 pm | ||
| farrisgl | West Face: Camped at Shepherd's Pass Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2004 | |
| This was a tough approach through the Williamson Bowl and up the West Face. Got off route starting too far South up the West face, this cost of a couple of hours. Snow was heavy through the upper section so we when to the ice and spikes. In addition anchored and belayed for safety. By the time we reached the summit it was almost 5 pm, but fortunately the weather was perfectly clear. Fantastic view! We considered bivying in the summit bowl to enjoy the firework display in the town of Independence, but elected to return to camp at Shepherd’s pass. The only difficulty in the decent was dealing with the boulders in the Bowl after dark. Even with headlamps, tough to find the exact route out were able to view the fireworks in the Independence as we exited the bowl. This made for a long but very rewarding day. What a spectacular peak! | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2009 4:43 pm | ||
| uh60speedy | West Face Date Climbed: May 9, 2006 | |
| The Bowl was much harder then anticipated, and I was suffering from the altitude half way up. Still made the summit and dragged ass back to camp. | ||
| Posted Oct 2, 2008 1:10 pm | ||
| seano | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| A long, painful day from Shepherd's Pass TH. Is there a less painful way to climb this? | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2008 2:26 pm | ||
| dpsiebert | N Fork Bairs Creek | |
| Terrible bushwhacking on hike in. Summit day makes it well worth it. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 5:52 am | ||
| kevin trieu | winter is better... | |
| so many attempts... | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2008 1:07 am | ||
| Sam Roberts | West Face | |
| The old register book was still there from 1930. It's in the Bancroft Library now. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2008 6:40 pm | ||
| panweilin | Oh, mine, that chimney Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Backpack to Pothole, day hike up to Shepherd Pass, summit via West Face route. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2008 12:41 am | ||
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