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| heather14 | North Ridge  Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| A fun route in a spectacular setting! | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2009 10:54 pm | ||
| geoffirons | Spectacular North "Ridge" | |
| We did this awesome climb a couple years ago and it is truly wonderful! Car to car made for a long day, but it was totally worth it. One of my favorite climbs in more than 30 years of climbing. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 9:01 am | ||
| cushman | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2008 | |
| Good climb, late start but we were alright! | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2008 12:53 am | ||
| birdhead | Northwest Slopes Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008 | |
| The hike up Glacier Gorge had incredible scenery and I enjoyed the approach quite a bit. The climb itself was pretty interesting with good scrambling and an exciting finish. For an extra scare you can look 1,500 straight down the north face from the summit. Great views of the surrounding peaks. Definitely worth the effort. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 5:06 pm | ||
| Kruck | NW Slopes: Variation Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| I expected it to be a little scarier than it was at the top. I didn't feel too exposed on the catwalk or the summit boulders, though I did use four points of contact for the final crawl to the summit. Awesome views of everything from up there, as expected. This peak has called to me since I first saw it. On a ski trip last winter, I decided that it must be climbed. Best peak of the summer for me so far. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 10:50 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Two times Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| 7/19/08 - After climbing nearby Arrowhead & McHenrys the weather was still so magnificent and The Spearhead so cool looking that we decided to add it to the agenda. The standard NW slopes route with its talus and scree gully wasn't fun, but the scrambling near the summit was wild. Can't wait to go back for the north ridge! 8/9/09 - Went back to climb the classic North Ridge route. It was certainly worth the return trip! | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2008 1:50 pm | ||
| Peter Gram | North Ridge | |
| Awesome route with great exposure. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2008 11:57 pm | ||
| mjroche | N. Ridge | |
| What a blast | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2008 3:57 pm | ||
| Joe_Parvis | Northwest Slopes Scramble Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2007 | |
| Hiked this while on a multi-day backpack in RMNP. Very happy to have tried this. I was nervous after reading the descriptions of the final few feet, and also from having seen the Spearhead from below. The final stretch is exposed, but not as bad as I expected. On the left the drop off is not quite so shear, and so I had the (false) comfort of stone ledges below. I didn't do this in style (crawled the catwalk and lay down to peer over the edge of the summit blocks), but I did it. Someday I hope to work up to the technical routes. Thank you, Spearhead, fun day. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2007 12:55 pm | ||
| Mike Mc | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Spectacular route! This one could probably be called my first true alpine climb. We got off route, and I would put it at 5.8 or so. Certainly worth repeating! | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 11:05 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | North Ridge (III 5.6) Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Mary as our first alpine route together on our summer road trip in 2007. We left the trail head at Bear Lake on July 9 at around 3:30PM. We had great weather for the hike in and got lots of great photos by Mills Lake, Ribbon Falls, etc. We reached the base of The Spearhead at around 7:40PM and found a perfect bivy cave. We started climbing at around 5:45AM in swirling clouds and mist, making for very eerie conditions. The clouds cleared just as we reached the summit at around 10AM. The decent was loose and a bit annoying, but otherwise a great route and a great two days. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2007 10:22 pm | ||
| mow10 | WOW Date Climbed: Jun 18, 1997 | |
| My first real roped alpine climb. Gerry Roach's guide says this " is a climb that takes place on rock so solid you feel like you are touching the soul of the earth; touch it! climb it!" Thanks Gerry. I'm glad I did. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2007 7:36 am | ||
| brandon | North Ridge | |
| With Tom, bailed on trying the Barb, and did this is a little less than 2 hours, fun stuff. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2007 1:00 am | ||
| f360driver | North Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2006 | |
| Great route. The hand traverse was pretty airy. All in all good day. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 4:21 am | ||
| Andy | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| Followed Roach's description to the letter for a fun day out. It was about 15 hours car-to-car for us. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:25 pm | ||
| dunsum | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006 | |
| A nice day on a fun route. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 9:53 am | ||
| boisedoc | Incredible summit Date Climbed: Jun 10, 1989 | |
| Took the nontechnical route over steep snow. Sharp, very exposed summit. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2006 4:48 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | Solo | |
| Total ascents = 3 ... twice via the standard route, once via the North Ridge. Incredible summit !!! | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2006 9:15 pm | ||
| markhyams | north ridge Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2000 | |
| Finally ticked this one. Great fun, although only the top part of the route has the super-amazing rock that Roach goes on about. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2006 11:08 pm | ||
| rkymtn | Route Climbed: Northwest Slopes Date Climbed: October 2, 2005 | |
| This is a fun climb with some exposure along the summit ridge. There was a fair amount of wind, so Haliku and I moved across the summit ridge with the lulls. There were great views of the valley from practically any direction. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2006 11:06 pm | ||
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