This climb works great if you stay exactly on the ridgecrest wherever possible, as long as you're prepared for a fair amount of 4th class. Much of it is 3rd, with the 4th class appearing as short difficulties such as notches and boulders that attempt to steer you back off of the ridgeline. A gap at one point - with a large chockstone in it -- is actually too wide to reach across, and I downclimbed around it for 30 feet or so. But otherwise was able to stick to the ridge entirely. Staying far below it sounds like far more trouble even if the difficulties were kept down to 3rd class.
Eric O - Aug 20, 2008 5:41 pm - Hasn't voted
4th class variation: stay strictly on ridgeThis climb works great if you stay exactly on the ridgecrest wherever possible, as long as you're prepared for a fair amount of 4th class. Much of it is 3rd, with the 4th class appearing as short difficulties such as notches and boulders that attempt to steer you back off of the ridgeline. A gap at one point - with a large chockstone in it -- is actually too wide to reach across, and I downclimbed around it for 30 feet or so. But otherwise was able to stick to the ridge entirely. Staying far below it sounds like far more trouble even if the difficulties were kept down to 3rd class.