started up the north ridge, but for some reason, we got off route and ended climbing the north face. Still 4th class, and some easy 5th class. Awesome climb, one of the best in colorado, so far.
A great time up. But if you do not know the standard route down, climb it first. We could not find it from the summit and wound up descending the very sketchy 5th class headwall facing challenger.
Climbed the N Ridge and found great Class 3 Scrambling with the occasional Class 4 move. The rock was solid and the position awesome. Went on to climb Kat Carson and Challenger, followed by Mt. Adams and It's two 13500+ sub peaks the next day.
a killer. We hit it after a storm left a few inches of fresh snow. Most of the route was fine just extra tedious. KC ave. was really icy and nasty near the sadddle with Challenger.