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| Fairweather | SW Chute #1  Date Climbed: Sep 5, 1987 | |
| With Suzi & Dave Syracuse from camp in Dusy Basin. | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2012 12:31 am | ||
| rdesota | Stormy Summit Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2004 | |
| Great trip from the westside. Started raining and snowing as we started the low 5th class portion. Lassoed the summit block and batmaned up. A great day. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2012 12:21 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | 2x Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2012 | |
| First step on the Palisade Traverse after being shut out by weather comng from the other direction two weeks earlier. Started out with Underhill Couloir and then across the regular traverse with a great group. First climbed it in August 2008 up the southwest chute after climbing N. Pal and Polemonium the day before. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2012 1:40 pm | ||
| ckerth | SW Chute #1 Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012 | |
| Climbed SW Chute #1 to the notch. After some searching we eventually found a route that would probably be considered class 3 (go over the notch then traverse right through the next chute until easier climbing is found above). Used a rope ladder to climb the summit block. North Palisade the following day. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2012 9:52 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | SW Chute #1 Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2012 | |
| From camp in Palisade Basin, ascended the SW Chute #1 to the notch. Class 4 out of the notch? We found no such thing, but did use a bocky, awkward 5th class line. Royally enjoyed the summit monolith. I am a pathetic rock climber, and was climbing above my paygrade on this summit block...if I can muscle my way up there, so can you! What a sensation being on top of this peak!!! | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2012 2:48 am | ||
| Seth Maciejowski | Pal Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2012 | |
| with Dennis via Southwest Chute #1. Wild summit block moves! Sketchy loose chimney coming down the south shoulder of Tbolt to starlight. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2012 12:37 pm | ||
| Donno | Thunderbolt Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2012 | |
| Climbed East Face Zig Zag w/ Fishklr. Last CA fourteener! | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2012 1:37 pm | ||
| krrt2000 | SW Chute #1 Date Climbed: Sep 15, 1996 | |
| Great Climb | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2012 12:31 am | ||
| efunk | Traverse attempt 1 Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| great day in the palisades. T-bolt to North Pal and then down the U-Notch. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2011 1:51 pm | ||
| Mark N | SW Chute Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2011 | |
| 2-day trip with guide Kurt Wedberg from SMI. Even though Kurt made it look easy I didn't attempt the summit block. Maybe next time. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2011 8:09 pm | ||
| SJ | SW Chute/Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011 | |
| A LOT of snow in Dusy Basin still and all the way up the SW Chute. Went in approach shoes w/ no axe or crampons, had to stick to the moat on the side of the couloir. Wandered too far left and topped out near the north (smaller) summit. Dicked around trying to get on top of it for a while until we realized it was the wrong one. We were attempting the traverse so instead of wasting more time once we got to the real summit trying to lasso the block, we headed on. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2011 12:43 am | ||
| blueshade | SW Chute #1 Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2011 | |
| Still a lot of frozen snow below the chokestone but doable without gear. Didn't attempt the summit block but someday I'll be back. Descended the Class 4 chute on the SE side to the saddle- fun. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2011 12:41 am | ||
| thexcat | SW Chute Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2011 | |
| With Rob from Knapsack Pass camp. He lead the summit pitch. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2011 2:56 pm | ||
| BCL | SW Chute #1 Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2011 | |
| Climbing above the notch is awesome. Lassoed the summit block and climbed the rope. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2011 9:48 am | ||
| ElGreco | Underhill (right) Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2011 | |
| Ascended the right hand Underhill couloir with SMG. Bergschrund was passable by end running it - a few more cracks present around it too. The slope angle in the couloir was up to 50 or so degrees in places. We passed the chockstone on the left with an awkward move. A pitch of rock at the end of couloir puts you on the summit ridge, where 3rd class and exposed 4th/low 5th climbing leads you to a short, easy but exposed traverse to the base of the summit block. Thanks to Darren and Alex for the leads. Lassoed and free-climbed the summit block - a lot of fun (a short bouldering problem, essentially)! | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2011 6:23 pm | ||
| kaos14 | Underhill (R) Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2011 | |
| Beautiful day traversing from T-bolt to Polemonium and then down the U-Notch. Almost ripped a crimp flake off the summit block, that made it more than a little spicy. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2011 2:41 am | ||
| Darren9 | got it Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2011 | |
| Via Underhill Couloir route with SMG. Thanks George for leading the summit block! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2011 1:26 am | ||
| Bill562 | Tbolt Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011 | |
| With Alvin W and Oleg R from campsite on tbolt pass. I think the class 4 section is really a stiff Class 3. We prussiked the summit block. If this is a new method, would it be considered a first accent? :-) | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2011 2:10 am | ||
| zoomloco | t-bolt to sill Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010 | |
| quite a bit easier than hype about this traverse lets on. summit block is really only 5.6 or 5.7, albeit exposed. the rest of the traverse is quite a bit easier and best done unroped if you're comfortable | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2011 4:19 pm | ||
| TheNobleSunfish | Thunderbolt to U-Notch Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| Started our (short) traverse from Thunderbolt Pass. I Skipped the summit block to save time, though we did put up a top-rope which several other parties used : ] | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2011 4:00 pm | ||
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