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| dfrancom | Koven Route  Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009 | |
| Lots of snow for the 4th of July. Steep and challenging. I gained some snow climbing experience. Amazing view of the North Face of the Grand. 5 star route. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 5:37 pm | ||
| b. | Consolation Prize Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| We bagged the go for the full traverse due to a sick partner, but rallied up the Koven route before we bailed. Three steps on snow at the time, but it looks like we caught the last weekend of summer in the Tetons. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 12:26 pm | ||
| gato | Two of two Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Tagged Owen from the upper Koven after summiting Teewinot earlier. We were gunning for the traverse, but our third climber was feeling the altitude. Down the Koven we went! | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 10:44 am | ||
| lloyd | Koven | |
| Had the route to ourselves. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 9:29 pm | ||
| wyopeakMike | wyopeakMike | |
| Up the Koven solo on a good day. Only saw on other person up high on the peak. My only time there, but what an amazing peak. The view of the Grand is mystical. The Koven route is such a great scramble. | |
| Posted May 29, 2008 4:50 pm | ||
| Anneka | Koven, Serendipity/NW Ridge | |
| Successful both times. Koven-- long day, fun, easy climbing in flawless weather. Serendipity in a day-- Started on the wrong Arete-- oops! Nasty choss and death blocks until we got back onto Serendipity several pitches later. Aid chimney pitch is a lot of fun! We planned to bivy on the Grandstand for a linkup of Serendipity and the North Ridge of the Grand. Weather turned nasty, so we scrapped the idea and bivied on the Upper Bench. Beautiful and exposed- the best bivy spot I've ever had! The next morning we had 3 options- descend the Koven, traverse to Teewinot, or descend via the Teewinot-Owen cirque. We did the latter, but I would highly discourage it! Unprotected downclimbing on wet 5.7 slabs and steep wet grass with heavy packs, all while the many gullies spewed down big boulders. A note: Serendipity can be done in a day by a fairly fit and fast party. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2008 7:16 pm | ||
| merrill | Koven Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2006 | |
| My first big lead on rock. Not bad for leaving the route description in the car. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2008 9:13 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | First Teton Climb Date Climbed: Aug 27, 1995 | |
| This was my first climb in the Tetons. We did it car to car which made for a very long day. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2007 4:42 pm | ||
| TetonJimmy | East Ridge Thunderstorm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2006 | |
| Started @ 4:30 from Lupine Meadows trailhead quickly getting lost in the dark searching for a shortcut into Glacier Gulch. Eventually we regained the regular trail and ascended to Delta Lake. Our leader, Max, decided he'd gotten too little sleep and we took a 2 hour nap. We awoke and headed up the couloir just South and East of the East prong. We reached the summit at 2 p.m. or so and my hair didn't hesitate 10 minutes to promptly stand on end straight into the sky; due to the thunderstorm that developed directly overhead. It took us about 5 seconds to decide we needed to descend immediately! About 3 rappels from the summit, still 2 raps from the Northeast snowfields, rain and snow began to fall in earnest. Not only did it start snowing, it also started to thunder and lightning. Lightning struck the summit while we were still trying to rap off the East ridge onto the Northeast snowfields--scariest place I've ever been caught in a T-storm. About 3 inches of fresh snow now covered everything, making rock very slippery. We finally ended up finishing rappelling the Koven couloir at dark. We got lost one more time on the descent from Delta lake--in the dark. After being on the trail for 20 hours we returned to the car and endured a completely exhausted and delirious ride back to Jackson. Jimmy, Niels, and Max---09-13-2006 | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2007 4:19 am | ||
| TetonJimmy | Koven Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| Made an awesome day of it by first ascending Teewinot mountain. We then came down the Southwest couloir of Teewinot to gain the ridge connecting the East Prong and Mt. Owen We were going to take the East ridge but ended up traversing around to the Western couloir leading up the summit knob. Easy but very exposed climbing--soloed up the last pitch and down the entire summit knob... Thinking about attempting the Cathedral Traverse we headed to the Gunsight notch but decided we were too late and descended beautiful Valhalla Canyon into Cascade Canyon. 16 hours parking lot to parking lot... Took only 3.5 hours to climb Teewinot... Took longer to get from Teewinot to Owen than to climb just Teewinot. Summit panorama video | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2007 4:05 am | ||
| jvarholak | July '94 | |
| Via Koven and then a week later via East Ridge | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 6:07 pm | ||
| Schwede | Koven - 23:45 Car to Car Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2007 | |
| Beautiful Climb with Anneka. A perfect weather day allowed our late 2:30p summit. I underestimated Koven coulior, much steeper than expected. Highly variable snow was fun/scary but infinitly better than late season scree. Next time i will leave a sleeping bag and bivy sac at ampitheatre. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2007 10:52 am | ||
| IdaClimber | Koven Route Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| This was a nasty climb. The Koven, when not filled with snow, is entirely filled with scree, trickling water and very large boulders that move. The downclimb is tedious through this section. We ended up making 7 repells (more like roped downclimbing) through the Koven on the way down. For the pro this peak is probably no big deal, but for the weekend warrior/amateur like myself, this thing was horrendous. I am sure that there was an easier route this time of year, but lack of knowledge of the mountain limits options. To provide prospective, in my opinion the Grand was easier and so was The DC on Rainier. Yes, I would probably do it again though. | ||
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 6:37 pm | ||
| Sam Page | 2x | |
| I climbed Mt. Owen twice in 1996, including a July 20/21 ascent of the Serendipity Arete. Paul Nash and I started hiking up Cascade Canyon at dawn, eventually crossed the creek, and bushwacked up into Valhalla Canyon. We got to within one pitch of the summit at sunset and bivied right there (we brought gear). Wild! We summitted first thing in the morning and then made an inelegant descent back down to Valhalla Canyon. Glissading down the canyon, I almost got sucked into a stream hole in the snow. Another close call in the Tetons! | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2006 2:08 am | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: Koven Couloirs Date Climbed: Summer '99 | |
| My first alpine solo. Took a scary fall getting onto the summit block. A defining climb for me. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 10:18 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: Koven Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| My kind of climb! With Paul Dowdy, my Bro. Nice mix of easy snow and rock, with great views and exposure. I think I changed into and out of my crampons twelve times! | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 9:41 pm | ||
| GlennMerrill | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2005 | |
| Soloed the East Ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2005 1:25 am | ||
| Joseph Bullough | Route Climbed: East Ridge ascent, Koven descent Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Summited via the east ridge on a beautiful and perfect early summer day, after spending the night just below the Teton Glacier. Lots of snow for this time of year but still managed to get in some rock work as well. Descent was via the Koven route. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2005 9:48 pm | ||
| dunsum | Route Climbed: several Date Climbed: August '95 | |
| Serendipity Arete, 8/19/95 North Ridge, 8/6-8/98 East Ridge, 7/3/05 Cathedral Traverse, via Upper Koven Route, 8/13-14/08 | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2005 4:45 am | ||
| patascent | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 27, 2002 | |
| Camped on the Glacier below the Koven. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2005 4:38 pm | ||
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