| West Ear Summit Route Route |
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| West Ear Summit Route   | 
| Page Type: Route Location: Oregon, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 43.00860°N / 122.44°W Route Type: Technical Rock Climb Time Required: Half a day Difficulty: 5.4 - 5.5
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| Page By: tymelero Created/Edited: Oct 18, 2002 / Oct 18, 2002 Object ID: 157186 Hits: 1221 Loading... Page Score: 0% - 0 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach
From the pullout stay right of the West ear. Follow trail and easy rock scrambling to saddle between ears. The climb starts up this gully.
Route Description
Climb the gully between the West ear on the right and a prominant spire on the left. Once at the saddle you can take 3 routes to the summit. I climbed the south route which follows a shallow crack/gully system to just below the summit. Scramble over easy climbing to the summit.
From the summit scramble to the South ridge and look for rappel rings to start your descent. Bring several triple runners since it takes 3 full length two 60 meter rope rappels to get to the base of the ear. There is ample opportunity to sling boulders and horns for rappel stations.
Essential Gear
You will need several triple runners for rapping. Also two sixty meter ropes. It is much faster to rappel than downclimb.
Miscellaneous Info
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