| Welcome to SP! - Sign-In | Register | ||
| | |
| MbPost.com -- It's SP for Mountain Biking! | ||
John Muir Wilderness > Mount Williamson > Climber's Log|
|
|
| asmrz | 3 winter ascents on skis  Date Climbed: Mar 1, 1989 | |
| I skied the George Creek 3 times in the 80s. First with George Ivy, later with Andy Fried, Miguel Carmona and Corrado DiFrancesco and the third time with Miguel Carmona. The objective was to ski from the Williamson summit all the way down to the flat ground of lower George Creek. The ski run must be the longest in California and is worth every tired step. The impulse for these trips was 1960s-70s (?) Summit Magazine article by G.Rowell describing George Creek ski descent as one of the North America's longest backcountry ski runs. | |
| Posted May 17, 2006 5:01 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 24, 1979 | |
| Of the California 14er's I've done this is my least favorite. Lots of loose rock ... maybe I just wasn't in the mood that day. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2006 5:08 am | ||
| graham | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Jul-9-05 | |
| Took about 17.5 hrs to do this long day hike/climb (7/9/05). Beautiful day with nice firm snow to cover all the scree in the West Face gully. Day hiked both Big Willy and Tyndall on a long day (7/15/06) Day hiked Williamson on 7/15/08 | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2005 3:34 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: n.face | |
| with Craig Sanford and descent of s.w ridge and unplaned bivi in george creek basin. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2005 5:48 pm | ||
| Zzyzx | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 2-3, 2005 | |
| Climbed the route with Scott and Pavel. Sections of this ridge seem to be more like class 5 than 4. We used a rope only for a couple of short rappels. A lot of exposed climbing required being constantly focused and careful about every move. Climbing it in a day would require an extra ordinary fitness level. Kudos to ScottyS for an excellent route description! | ||
| Posted Aug 22, 2005 2:23 am | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Rick and I left Anvil Camp in the morning and headed up to Shepherd Pass. From the pass, I headed toward Williamson Bowl while Rick started off on his own agenda for another one of his death marches. The bowl was no big deal - much easier (and less tedious) than I'd expected...maybe an hour and twenty across it. Not bringing much in the way of a route description, I got hung up at the base of the west face, not sure which chute to ascend. With a little help from Rick in the form of radio contact while he was on the summit of Tyndall, I finally got into the correct chute (the other one turned out to be the Bolton Brown chute). Seeing a figure coming up below, I realized that it was my friend Luba and decided to wait for her to catch up. Having no idea the other was going to be there, we decided to pair up and head for the summit together. We hit the summit awhile later. As we were descending the chimney, we bumped into Eric. A short time later, we also ran into some maniac dayhiking the peak. I later found out the maniac was Kalet. Good time. Perfect weather. Talked to some cool people. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2005 11:08 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3rd, 2005 | |
| Hauled the gear up from Anvil camp to the Pass, then at 9am took off for the summit of Williamson. Williamson Bowl is definately a killer, especially with a bit of soft slushy snow impeding progress. Made the summit a little after 12 and then back to the pass where I camped out. Crampons and axe were very useful i the chute, and pretty much everyone had them. About 50% snow coverage in the bowl. Eric | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2005 12:28 pm | ||
| kalet | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Dayhike form Shepherd's Pass Trailhead. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 5:23 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 2 and 3, 2005 | |
| Very hard (mentally) and committing route. Climbed with Kris and Scott - great job! | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 2:03 am | ||
| Scott Pierce | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 2-3, 2005 | |
| With Kris and Pavel. Secor got this one right: "...one hell of a hard climb." | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2005 12:44 am | ||
| KathyW | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: June 2, 2005 | |
| Hauling a backpack up to Shepherd Pass to camp is no fun at all, but we probably wouldn't have made the summit of Williamson if we camped with the mosquitos at Anvil Camp. Lots of snow in Williamson Bowl and in the Class 2 chute. Terrific Views from the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2005 1:18 am | ||
| physics | Route Climbed: NE ridge Date Climbed: June 26, 2005 | |
| This route is for machines only. I am pretty good shape myself and got seriously owned. Climbed with poorboy44 - not only did he have bronchitis during our ascent (probably the first ascent of Williamson with bronchitis, even more amazing was it was the NE ridge noless) but I was trailing him the whole way. This route has many sections of class 4/5 with serious exposure. My highlight was climbing into a little "bind" which I could not back-climb out of. poorboy44 was 200 ft above me and not about to come down and help me out. I was above a snow chute by about 40 feet. I dropped my pack (which fell ~300 ft down the chute), down climbed 10-15 feet, and then took a leap of faith down into the snow chute. It was the most air I have ever gotten in my life. Anyway, climbed and signed the West horn and then the East horn before making the summit. Great climb and ready to go back to get Tyndall. hat's off to the two men who did this route as a day trip - true machines if I ever heard of any. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 6:14 pm | ||
| poorboy44 | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: June 26, 2005 | |
| Great long route! We brought a 7mm rap line but did not use it. Followed the SP description and found it to be excellent. Descended the West Face, still a lot of snow but we managed with tennis shoes and axes. Hats off to those who do this climb car-to-car in a day! | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 1:45 pm | ||
| ghoulwe2 | Route Climbed: West Face Route Date Climbed: June 25, 2005 | |
| Reached the summit of Mt. Williamson via the West Face Route at 11:00 AM from a camp at Shepherd's Pass. There is snow in the chute above the black stains to within 100' of the 3rd class chimney that leads to the summit plateau. Plan to use your ice axe & crampons. Several parties trying to summit from Anvil Camp were turned back - there is a lot of snow on the trail above Anvil and it is hard to find in the dark - advise a camp above Shepherd's Pass. Yes, it's a long, hard hike! Plan to leave the 6,200' trailhead EARLY to avoid heat and make the pass. Stream crossings are tricky, but doable. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 1:15 pm | ||
| rdesota | Route Climbed: North Fork Bairs Creek Date Climbed: May, 2005 | |
| Incredible weather - warm all the way to the summit. Skied from the summit to snowline - around 8600' solo. First few thousand feet is tortuous, sandy especially carrying skis, but all of it above snowline is wonderful. | |
| Posted May 28, 2005 12:25 pm | ||
| bechtt | Route Climbed: George Creek Date Climbed: 14 May 05 | |
| Great climb -- perfect day. Friend opted not to go to the top but met Jeff from Long Beach (city next to mine) -- small world. George Creek is truly the classic bushwack -- had to be done once (although maybe next year to climb Barnard). Didn't see soslaw (below) & Jim at the top but saw them crossing Williamson basin on the way back to Shepherd | |
| Posted May 22, 2005 10:21 pm | ||
| soslaw | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: May 14, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Jim under the finest Sierra blue bird skies. Snow in the Williamson bowl and the west face coulior made for ideal conditions. Literally a snow ramp to the base of the chimney. A lttle over 3 hours round trip from the bowl. Summit register buried in snow. Spent an half hour on the summit enjoying a 100 mile panarama of snow laden peaks, valleys and bowls. | |
| Posted May 17, 2005 4:30 pm | ||
| marmoting | Route Climbed: George Creek and Bairs Creek Date Climbed: April 2005 | |
| It's such a heavy snow year, had to climb both brush-heavy routes while snow smashed down my nemesis. Heavy snow made it possible to dayhike each of the routes using only daylight hours. I love snow! | ||
| Posted Apr 28, 2005 11:28 pm | ||
| mattashman | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 4 July 2004 | |
| Great route. Don't try to glissade the chute in late summer though folks! | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2005 10:06 pm | ||
| balajisv | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Jul 04 2004 | |
| One long hike. Hats off to those to can day hike this route. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2005 12:52 pm | ||
|
