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| Darren9 | Winter in the Winds | |
| Two friends and I attempted this peak on skis just before the millenium. We made it to Mt. Lester after 5 days of hard skiing, difficult routefinding, and crossing a frozen lake. Beautiful area, definitely rugged. | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2009 12:31 am | ||
| shknbke | south gully  Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008 | |
| Jackson was a little tougher than anticipated for a class 2 peak. Do not go all the way to Indian Pass. We made that mistake thinking the ridge would be doable. You will have to skirt below it on loose, exposed talus if you go all the way to the pass. The standard route is to leave the trail 1 mile before the pass and ascend a steep rubble filled gully that tops out at a notch on the s.e. ridge. It's an easy stroll from there. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2008 1:26 am | ||
| ActionJackson | Route Climbed: Standard Saddle to Ridgeline Route Date Climbed: 07/12/2004 | |
| It took us two full days of hiking to reach base camp from Elkhart Park. Joe Johnston and I camped out on a rock free from snow near the base of Jackson Peak in the Indian Basin. There was a NOLS group camped out further below us in the basin. On the hike into the basin we were post-holing constantly. At first light on 7/12/2004 we put on our climbing gear and hiked to the base of Jackson near the saddle. About 200 feet from gaining the saddle we encountered an Ice Colouir with a waterfall falling into a deep cravasse. Assending this 200 ft section was the most technical part of the climb. Upon reaching the saddle we boulder hopped until we reached a snow slope where we were constantly post-holing up to our waist which was very exhusting but we pressed on to reach the summit at about 1:30PM. We spent about an hour on the summit on this perfect mid July day. We glissaded much of the way back down and returned to base camp at Indian Basin around 6:00PM. I wanted to summit this mountain simply because it is the Mountain bearing my last name. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2005 6:01 pm | ||
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