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| Brian C | Ridge  Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2012 | |
| Fun day on the NE Ridge. Climbed with James and other than a brief off-route venture through some 5.8 terrain it was smooth sailing. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2012 8:02 pm | ||
| MattK | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011 | |
| Really, really fun day. Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2011 2:52 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Fave of the Summit so far Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2011 | |
| Great climbing on a route that could be protected with just stoppers all the way up. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2011 10:52 pm | ||
| JonW | Beautiful Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011 | |
| Absolutely beautiful. Climbed the Northeast Ridge. The peak was awesome and the setting was perfect. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2011 10:40 am | ||
| thatnissanguy | Spring Conditions on the North East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2011 | |
| The NE Ridge was a fantastic climb and my first experience on a multi pitch alpine route. Bravo! | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2011 1:02 am | ||
| MattGreene | Awesome climb! | |
| Early July 2010 - What a striking peak! Did the NE Ridge, and paired up with a couple of other friendly climbers to speed up the descent rappels. I'd love to go back and try another route. | ||
| Posted Dec 24, 2010 8:13 pm | ||
| heather14 | 3 Route Sampler Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| Climbed with Jamie. I think he describes our "route" well. I highly do not recommend the east face route...way too many loose rocks. Bivouac Buttress just might be a worthy route. It was a rare rain-free blue-sky-all-day July day in RMNP. You've gotta love those days when you're lucky enough to have them. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 10:54 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | east face meanderings Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| climbed all over the east face(the infamous princo-pore variation) w/heather after passing the NE ridge start during the approach. despite that oversight, we had an enjoyable day climbing the east face along with short sections of bivouac buttress and the northeast ridge. the numerous loose rocks on the face were more than we bargained for as heather spent too much time dodging missiles knocked loose by our rope on the first 2 pitches. above that, things were much smoother....thank goodness once the dust settled, everything added up to another terrific RMNP alpine climb. now we all need to do is climb the northeast ridge on a return trip! jamie | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 9:56 pm | ||
| Garon Coriz | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| Sweeet! | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2010 11:08 pm | ||
| jef80 | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| Pretty fun climb for my first visit to RMNP. Can't wait to get back. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2009 3:47 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2009 | |
| Soloed the last of 5 pitches. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 8:09 pm | ||
| dswink | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009 | |
| Nice hike in followed by a boulder scramble and slipping across some hard snow slopes. The rock climbing was fun and easy. We had a rare RMNP day with no rain or clouds. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2009 12:50 am | ||
| chrisferro | Summer 2004 Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2004 | |
| Dave Crowther and I did the Northeast Buttress (or Ridge, whatever you want to call it). The road was closed due to construction, but the busses were running. We took the first bus of the day at 5am or so to the trailhead. The hike in was beautiful, but you have to pay attention at one point right after you cross a creek because the trail isn't visible on the slabby rocks. That's close to the end where you break right to go the Shark's Tooth as opposed to going straight to get to the Petit Grepon. Once you get up into the valley where you can see the Shark's Tooth, the apporach goes up the grassy ledges to the right. We went left (wrong and scary). The route itself is 6 pitches, but 2 of them are half length because of a drop that would give you terrible rope drag. The first pitch is easy, but then the next pitch has 2 distinct cruxes with sustained climbing throughout. The third pitch is a little easier to a huge ledge. Fourth goes up to a little notch where you have to stop because of rope drag. The 5th goes up a full pitch with huge exposure. Then the 6th is a short pitch that takes you to the top. The summit is plenty big. The rap station is down to the left (looking from where you came up), and there are 2 or 3 raps down to where you can scramble down into the gully behind the Petit Grepon, then down the gully to where you started. Don't leave any food in your packs, because the marmots or pikas or whatever they were will tear your pack apart (we climbed with one pack and left one pack at the bottom, which was torn into). A great climb - never too hard but those cruxes make you think. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2007 11:13 am | ||
| jennakate | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006 | |
| Beautiful day for my first lead ever! A marmot got into our packs, but the incredible climb made up for it! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2006 2:03 am | ||
| f360driver | North Face Direct Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006 | |
| Amazing. Climbed North Face Direct. It was dark, wet and a bit rotten. Made for some interesting climbing. Pitty that someone removed the rubber shark from the register though. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2006 3:11 am | ||
| Andy | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006 | |
| Excellent climb with brenta. Route finding was a bit tricky at the bottom and we did two and a half odd, meandering pitches before finding the true ridge proper. We got rained on a bit during the rappel but otherwise had a great time. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2006 4:43 am | ||
| NanitaD | East Gully Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1995 | |
| We started at in the dark and ended in the dark. A long rewarding day highlighted by a rewarding climb on Sharkstooth with friends. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2006 7:48 am | ||
| markhyams | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 2, 1997 | |
| This is the 5-pitch 5.6 route described in various guidebooks. One of the best outings in RMNP, in my opinion. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2006 6:14 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Route Climbed: East Gully Date Climbed: August 1966 | |
| Sharkstooth is probably the most difficult of the named summits in Rocky Mountain National Park, comparing all by the easiest route. The other summit that comes close is Haydens Spire. There are, of course, several summits that have climbers names, such as the "Petit Grepon", that are more difficult than Sharkstooth. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2006 12:10 am | ||
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