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| Desert Solitaire | More fun than Clarence King!  Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2009 | |
| Definitely more fun than Clarence King! Climbed in a day from camp as part of the Kings Spur traverse (CK, Cotter, Gardiner). Coming from Gardiner Lakes, I took the sweeping ridge that leads to the lower summit. It was fun class 2-3 scrambling the whole way, and the summit ridge was loooots of scrambling fun. Staying on the knife-edge the WHOLE time bumps up the difficulty to a short 5.5 move. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2009 11:41 am | ||
| bechtt | Ascent SE Ridge, Descent E Chute Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2008 | |
| Long day hike out from Onion Valley. Easy ascent/traverse leads to the South Peak where the fun begins! Descended East Chute and climbed Mt Cotter before the long exit via Rae, Glen, and Kearsarge Passes. Pictures and trip report | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2008 12:51 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | From Roads End Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008 | |
| Not quite the slog I recalled now that I was only carrying a daypack. Much nicer! Trip Report | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2008 9:35 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Dayhike from Cedar Grove Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Ascended the south slopes, then descended the east chute to head over to Cotter. Looped back via Sixty Lakes Basin and the Woods Creek trail--a very long, rather tiring day. The bushwhacking past Charlotte Dome pretty much sapped any drive I had to go and climb that thing, at least until I forget how bad the brush was... The knife edge is a fun scramble, with nice exposure and perfect holds right where you want them. Some of the easiest 4th class I've climbed in the Sierra. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 2:33 am | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: NE Chute to E ridge Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2004 | |
| East ridge was climbing at it's best! | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2005 12:26 pm | ||
| Clydascope | Route Climbed: From Gardiner Basin Date Climbed: August 27, 1989 | |
| Camped in Gardiner Basin, climbed the peak, back to camp, packed up, crossed the same ridge via "Overlook Needle" - Peak 12,560', down to Charlotte Creek, over Kearsarge Pass and out to Onion Valley. One long day! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2004 9:13 pm | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: South Arete Date Climbed: Summer 1980 | |
| Long day climb from Onion Valley. Climbed solo in a near whiteout. | ||
| Posted Jan 21, 2004 11:03 am | ||
| mconnell | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: July 14, 2000 | |
| Slog, slog, slog. Knife edge out to the main summit was fun, though! Hand traversed on the way out. On the way back noticed a ledge a few feet down. | ||
| Posted Sep 14, 2001 1:34 pm | ||
| dug | Route Climbed: Date Climbed: 7/1/87 | |
| Very nice pk. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2001 8:27 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: South Slope (ascent), East Chute (descent) Date Climbed: July 14, 2000 | |
| mconnell and I were on a grand tour of the Gardiner Basin, climbing Mt. Gardiner on the second day. We carried all our crap up to nearly 13,000 ft at the south summit, traversed over to the north summit and back, then carried our gear down to Gardiner Lakes. I had a helluva headache at the high altitude, but the climbing on the knife edge was fantastic. And the climb from Charlotte Creek is an amazing slog. Worse than Mt. Clark's NW Arete approach! Trip report | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2001 10:06 pm | ||
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