Teton RangeUpper Exum Ridge Climber's Log
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| Fletch | Sweet Day  Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2012 | |
| Hazy at the top and the descent was a little cold and icy, but a great day nonetheless. | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2012 4:14 pm | ||
| PanamaRed | First Lead Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2011 | |
| It was my first time leading climbing. Needless to say it was awsome! Wall Street was quite a rush, as well as the V pitch! | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2012 7:08 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Fun scramble Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2012 | |
| Mostly a scramble. Led cruxy friction pitch. Cool rock. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2012 11:32 am | ||
| strudolyubov | Upper Exum Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011 | |
| Solo climb of the Upper Exum on a one-day ascent from Lupine Meadows. Rapelled Owen-Spalding. 12 hours total car-to-car. Fun climbing on an incredible rock, nice exposure/position, stellar views -- classic route! Click here to see the Upper Exum Ridge picture album. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 4:32 pm | ||
| marauders | Classic Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2011 | |
| Always a classic climb. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2011 4:48 pm | ||
| Pfeiffer75 | Awesome Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2011 | |
| Awesome climb, an experience I will never forget. I have never been so cold while in the Wind Tunnel waiting for other climbers to go forward. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2011 11:05 pm | ||
| aedwards | Upper Exum Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2011 | |
| Fun. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2011 10:58 am | ||
| Ted Eliason | Little more than an exposed scramble Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011 | |
| The views by reputation are stunning, but not much to see when weather has come in. A jagged scramble past some pretty exposed terrain in spots. Placed very little pro on the route. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2011 7:29 pm | ||
| benners | Awesome Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010 | |
| Sweet route. Blitzed it in 13 hours car to car. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2011 1:34 pm | ||
| Gumbie | Upper Exum | |
| 3/5 stars | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2010 7:23 am | ||
| heather14 | Great Route Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2010 | |
| After only an hour of sleep thanks to the wind blasting through the Moraine all night we managed to make it up with amazing weather. The Leap of Faith off Wall Street gets your attention. Interesting route finding (we joined with a team that had done it before, but still had to do a little route finding). We went too far right and missed the V pitch, but made up for it with the fun "boulder move". Great mountain, route and day. Can't wait to come back... | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2010 9:06 am | ||
| brucelacroix | Upper Exum Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2010 | |
| Not nearly as difficult as the Lower Exum. Some route finding to stay close to the ridge. | ||
| Posted Aug 6, 2010 10:29 pm | ||
| David Mortensen | Upper Exum Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1996 | |
| Excellent route to the top. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2010 3:13 am | ||
| pyerger | upper Exum | |
| I have done this route twice, and will do it again. Mountain climbing at it's finest. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2010 5:02 pm | ||
| rockrat2 | classic climb | |
| Awesome climb, one of my favorites! | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2010 8:58 pm | ||
| reboyles | Descent Route Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1973 | |
| Not really knowing where we were going, Mike Weber and I solo downclimbed the Upper Exum after climbing the Smith Otter Body route on the south side. We had intended to do the Exum but got off track above the caves (no trail back then) and ended up on the Teepe Glacier so we picked route 11 that isn't described in Ortenburger's condensed guide and just went for what looked like the best way up. Underestimating the scale of the Grand, we spent an unplanned bivy at 13,000'. On our way down the next morning a climbing ranger told us that the route (The Smith) had not had a repeat ascent in over 20 years. We came back two years later and soloed the Upper Exum from the bottom up. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2010 1:59 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | two-faced upper exum Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2009 | |
| what a difference the sun makes! A.J. and i froze our butts(and feet) off during the golden staircase and wind tunnel pitches while being trapped in the shade with the wind howling. things got considerably better on the higher friction and V-notch pitches when we finally reached the sun! all in all an awesome experience i'll never forget. can't wait to try some other routes on the grand and surrounding mountains! jamie | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2009 4:46 pm | ||
| CBakwin | YO Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2009 | |
| So, after you go a bit up from the saddle, traverse into the net big draw, since if you keep going up, you miss "wall street" and then need to descend to it to do the upper Exum.....Exum is a fantastic climb, exposed, and straightforward. Very worth it! | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 5:29 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Busy day Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2009 | |
| Summer conditions allowed many groups to ascend the Upper Exum on this day. One particular busy spot on the route turned my climb into a 5.7 as the easier path was already full of ropes from other groups. V Pitch was also in use so we took the layback option at the arete to the right--easy but airy. Enjoyed every bit of the climbing. Awesome route! Fun rappel and climb down the O-S, too. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2009 12:26 pm | ||
| TRP | Complete Exum | |
| I love the step across at the end of Broadway. Good rock, big exposure, and fun easy climbing. must be a classic | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 1:33 pm | ||
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