Crown Mountain from the Upper North Ridge

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Crown Mountain from the Upper North Ridge

Crown Mountain from the Upper North Ridge

Crown from south of Peak 5412 at the beginning of the descending traverse to the north glacier. The narrow gully splitting the north face is "The Cleft", a winter snow route.
vancouver islander
on Oct 7, 2008 11:47 pm
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vancouver islander - Nov 13, 2008 11:57 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Snow route

Thanks for the nice comment.

To my knowledge the "Cleft" has only been done once. It looked hard to me but I know one of the first ascencionists well and he assures me that, with full snow cover, it's no more than AI1. No more than 45° and only one tool necessary.

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