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| wyopeakMike | personal favorite  | |
| Still my favorite Teton. I have been to the true summit 15 times, and I need to get back next year. I still have never skied it, been up there with lots of snow many times. The east ridge is just such a fun time. Teton freakin paradise! | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2009 12:27 am | ||
| lloyd | East Face | |
| Fun weekend with friends. Buck Mountain, pizza in Moose, TGR premier. Can't wait to get to back to Buck for the E/ Ridge and/or S.E. ridge! | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2009 6:20 pm | ||
| Indiana Mad-Man | East Face to East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2008 | |
| A great climb with lots of snow. We decided to connect to the east ridge to avoid weaving in and out of cliff bands. Also had a very interesting time crossing the drainage in Stewart Draw. A great day though. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2008 2:37 pm | ||
| wmolland | East Face Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2008 | |
| A sweet snow climb up from frozen Timberline Lake with awesome skiing on the way down. Definitely one of the better climbs of the season. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2008 4:39 pm | ||
| Judd97 | East Face Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2008 | |
| Climbed up the East Face this morning and gained the summit with clear skies and great views. One of the harder climbs I've done with all of the snow that is still up there. Glad I had my ice ax with me. Fun glissading on the way down though :) | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 7:03 pm | ||
| TripoliRick | First Climb with Nick | |
| We had climbed a few one pitch things at Patrick's Point when Nick was stationed at Klamath AFS but never anything "Big" so when we met in the Tetons we did Buck for a warm up for the Grand and others. On the way up I dislodged a basket ball size boulder that almost hit Nick...almost. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2008 12:52 am | ||
| Sam Page | East Face Date Climbed: Jun 30, 1996 | |
| Dean Halfacre and I started hiking at 2:30AM and summitted at 7:00AM. I remember steep snow climbing during the final stretch. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2008 11:25 pm | ||
| chugach mtn boy | E Face/desc. E Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 14, 1977 | |
| Beautiful fall colors, nobody else on the mountain | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2007 5:24 pm | ||
| MattGreene | Rain! | |
| What a miserable time to spend in a bivy sack! It started raining around noon and didn't let up until daybreak. I found 2 large boulders stacked on top of each other with a coffin-sized space in between, and climbed in there. It was comfortable enough to read and eat, but a little claustraphobic. | ||
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 8:00 pm | ||
| TetonJimmy | East Face Snowboard Descent Date Climbed: May 13, 2007 | |
| Unbelievable Scary exposure on the descent... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXH0IF4MQRs also a summit panorama video @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSMzJmQEsk | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2007 5:56 am | ||
| b. | E Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| Slow, easy day from Timberline Lake. We had a sweet night up there with an almost full moon, alone. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2007 1:07 am | ||
| cp0915 | up - East Ridge; down - East Face Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007 | |
| Just under 6 hours, car-to-car. The highlight of the day was running into a mama grizzly and her cub on the trail. I was jogging down the trail, when I saw a bear head rise up out of the brush next to the trail about 30 feet in front of me. I put on the brakes and froze. I started to back away from her, but she and her cub just kept eating berries. A few minutes later, they wandered off and I continued on! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2007 8:36 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | East Ridge (solo) Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007 | |
| Climbed Buck solo while Mary was sleeping in and taking it easy. The last portion of the approach was really difficult to find, so I ended up gaining the east ridge of Buck's sub-peak without ever reaching the lake. After this, I climbed the ridge directly, staying on the crest the entire way. I was hoping for a bit more exposure and found the ridge to be mostly 3rd class, even with every effort to make it harder. The whole thing took 8 hours car-to-car. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2007 6:49 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | North Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| Hiked up South Fork of Avalanche to the broad base of the north summit under three impressive ridgelines. We climbed the westernmost of these steep ridge in 10-12 pitches with some simul-climbing. From the notch on the west ridge, there's a slight overhanging section that leads to the summit. The moves on this section (probably the crux) are easier than it looks (5.7). We descended via the East slopes back to Death Canyon, then hitched back to Taggart Lake. From Car to Car it took us 17 hours. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2007 6:14 pm | ||
| patascent | South East Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2001 | |
| Climbed some variation of the SE Ridge from Timberline Lake. Great line to the top. Descended the East side. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2007 4:21 am | ||
| kalet | East Ridge (ascent), East Face (descent) Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2006 | |
| Skied from the summit! Trip Report | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2007 5:42 pm | ||
| d_shorb | Route Climbed: east ridge Date Climbed: August 7 o5 | |
| Teewinot yesterday, Buck today. This ridge is, as others have attested to, scenic and fun. And fine views, no people. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2005 7:04 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: Sept 16, 2001 | |
| We had originally planned to climb Buck Mountain from the East Ridge. By the time we got to Timberline Lake my hiking partners were really tired so we decided to climb the East Face instead. It ended up being a nice climb. There is some 3rd class scrambling but nothing difficult. The weather was perfect and the view of the main Teton peaks to the north was quite interesting. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 5:37 pm | ||
| dunsum | Couple routes | |
| The Buck Sanction, III 5.8+, 7 Jul '99 The Northeast Chimney, III mod. steep snow, 29 Apr '06 | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2005 3:30 am | ||
| puddlecruiser | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Easter 2000 | |
| I did not reach Timberline Lake as planned the previous evening to set camp, and I was actually at the bottom of the bowl below after a forced nightfall decent to find a good tentsite. A morning hailstorm made me enjoy the warmth of my sleeping bag a little longer than planned. My morning ascent was slowed by heavy sleet with 40 mph winds and deep snow. I ditched my pack at timberline lake to take just my summit pack. The sun came out like it was summer. It was getting to be late morning, and the snow on the upper summit ridge was getting slightly melty, and a slough in either direction could have potentially swept me off the ledge to my death, so I turned back JUST shy of the summit. I'll be back! | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2005 10:45 am | ||
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