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nickkarlTrail to ridge  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2008

Nice climb with a great view. Got to love the Eagle Cap's!
Posted Oct 26, 2008 7:19 pm

idahomtnhighBack to China Cap  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006

Every August we have our family Reuion in High Valley, just outside Union. This year my cousin want to do a little climbing. We got up early and headed for Buck Creek TH. Great trip, the views from the top were not the best because of fires in the area. Still had a lot of fun.
DATES CLIMBED:
6/2/1995 West Ridge
8/5/2006 West Ridge
Posted May 12, 2007 11:57 am

stolenjRoute Climbed: Trail to Scramble NW Ridge Date Climbed: June 1999  Sucess!

Mid-June climb, a pair in the party brought snowboards and after topping out in the early afternoon for lunch found a swath of snow on the northwest ridge where we dug a jumper and watched them carve up the slope. Easy hike with good weather and hiking conditions.
Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:07 pm

rpcRoute Climbed: BP Trail/ NW Ridge Date Climbed: September 12, 2004  Sucess!

An unplanned detour after not being able to complete our initial plan. Friday 5pm after work drove out to Sawtooths in ID and with the loss of 1h (zone change) got to TH at 5am (that last 5 miles of unmaintained FS road DO take about 45 minutes). Slept till 8am and started our approach hike to Finger of Fate at 8:30am. Got to base at 11:45am only to find a party gearing up. It took them until 1:30 for both to get up the (rel. easy) P1. We started behind them but bailed at about 3pm as the 2nd was still working on P2.....it's a 7 or 8 pitch route with crux at the top = no chance of making it in daylight...........no summit.



Hit the wallowas on the drive back on Sunday . Kind of pissed with ourselves (should've not slept at TH at all) about missing what was possibly the last opportunity of the season to nail an alpine route. Oh well, next year.



China Cap was a 4h car-to-car hike at a very casual pace. Approach trail is kind of boring and initially ugly crossing much clearcuts.............what's the deal with leaving 3 mature trees per acre of clearcut forest.....is that the Bush forest fire prevention plan at work = "thinning" out the woods?



"Anyone but Bush in '04"
Posted Sep 14, 2004 5:23 pm

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