South Early Winters Spire Climber's Log
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| gimpilator | SW Buttress  Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2013 | |
| We were off route for the first pitch and had to make some awkward 5.9 moves. We combined several of the upper pitches and finished the climb in 5 rather than 7. Only two rappels while descending the South Arete. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2013 3:20 am | ||
| whatdoIknow | SW couloir | |
| AAI trip | |
| Posted May 28, 2013 11:19 am | ||
| telemarkdude | South Arete Date Climbed: Aug 13, 1986 | |
| No other climbers all day... only a bunch of mountain goats. Was a fun climb. Down climbed the South Arete as well. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2012 4:21 pm | ||
| TimmyC | It's nice being lonely Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2012 | |
| My buddy and I were the only folks on the South Arête, pretty much all day -- and on a sunny Friday?! Getting ready to rap above the chimney, we waited for two gents to come up so that we wouldn't kick gravel down on them. They were the first folks we saw. Lovely day. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2012 12:02 pm | ||
| BKW | South Arete Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2012 | |
| We were the only group on the Spire on a great weather day. It was a fun route with some memorable moves. The hair pin on HW20 is a LONG way down when you're sitting on the summit. Climbed with the Mountaineers. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2012 1:38 am | ||
| AlexeyD | South Arete Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2012 | |
| Beautiful scenery, mostly very easy (3rd-4th class with occasional low fifth), but rather long and alpine route. Got a very late start (~11 AM at Blue Lakes trailhead!) so fighting crowds on the ascent was not an issue. Encountered a bit of a bottleneck at the whale back with multiple parties making their way down, but it was not much of a problem. Still lots of snow on the approach - watch for undermining with the rapidly warming temperatures. The descent, with its multiple short rappels and sections of simul-climbing, took about as long as the ascent. All in all a fun experience with spectacular scenery, and a good place to practice moving quickly in alpine terrain. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2012 2:31 pm | ||
| lutty11 | SW Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2011 | |
| Aborted Liberty Bell, nice back up option - enjoyable couloir great views (with gcap and vertigo soul). | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2011 10:09 pm | ||
| Infected Mushroom | S Arete | |
| Fun climb with great scenery and solid rock. Will repeat! | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2011 9:44 pm | ||
| zoomloco | Take the alternative: Sw arete | |
| Parties were turned away from the south arete,it was clogged this labor day weekend, but no other parties Sunday on our route (SW buttress). Some memorable moves and more sustained climbing than the south arete | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2011 3:39 pm | ||
| Paul86 | Great! Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011 | |
| Went up with Southwest Buttress. Was a good climb, great scenery and weather. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2011 1:56 am | ||
| dan-o | South Arete Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2010 | |
| First multipitch climb, part of AAI's Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership part 1 class. Super fun. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2011 6:21 pm | ||
| SKI | Oh nice! Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011 | |
| SW Buttress. Thought that the slabs were tougher than the other cruxes! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2011 9:09 pm | ||
| GrumpyJohn | SW Buttress in the RAIN Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2011 | |
| Nice climb. Especially liked the rain. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2011 9:44 pm | ||
| Vertigo soul | Second option... Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2011 | |
| following our (gcap and lutty) decision to abort a Liberty Bell attempt due to weather. A simple couloir route, but nice views. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2011 12:45 pm | ||
| gcap | southwest couloir Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2011 | |
| uneventful slog up the sw couloir. attempted Beckey on Liberty, but snowing and too cold. beautiful area. with lutty and vertigo soul. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2011 10:14 pm | ||
| alpine climber | link up Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2011 | |
| Cruised up the South Arete for the final summit in a 5 summit link up. Nice easy way to the top. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2011 11:20 am | ||
| Fred Spicker | SW Couloir / S Arete Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2011 | |
| 2011 via the SW Couloir with Moni 2003 via the SW Couloir with Martin Cash 1995 via the S Arete with Monica & Tanya Spicker 1993 via the SW Couloir solo (as in "alone") 1982 via the S Arete with Jim Spearman & Paul Bishop 1979 via the SW Couloir with Monica Spicker | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2011 9:05 am | ||
| ExcitableBoy | Various | |
| SW Couloir - solo a couple of times, South Arete with a nice variation on the South Face making the route far more interesting at 5.8, East Buttress Direct, Early Winters Couloir. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2010 11:27 am | ||
| aedwards | South Arete Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2010 | |
| With AAI course. Lots of fun, especially the traverse below the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2010 10:04 am | ||
| SteveMarr | Twice in a Day Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| Beautiul summit. We climbed to the top twice on a perfect Saturday. The first time was via the South Arête, and the second via the couloir variation of the SW Rib route. Four stars for the position and incredible views. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2010 3:47 pm | ||
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