MTfred19 - Mar 23, 2014 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2014
Party of 9
Took basically the same route and it went quite easily and provided a very excellent ski descent from the northwest summit down to the basin below at around 6700 feet. Really fun good powder. Of course nobody bothered trying to get up to the true summit - this was a ski trip. Still looked a bit tricky.
MTfred19 - Mar 7, 2011 10:26 am Date Climbed: Mar 6, 2011
NW face from Canyon Creek
Well, the summit is a series of blocky pillars that require some actual climbing. The final block looked like it might be a couple feet higher than the one you walk up to on the west side, its hard to say. I did manage to scramble up to the middle pillar, but could not find a decent way up to the farthest one. Being winter and all, having no rope or crampons or climbing partner, I decided to play it safe. Great day of snowshoeing in the Bitterroots!
Michael Hoyt - Aug 12, 2007 2:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2007
A Hard and Long Day
A long trek along the east-west ridge of Downing Mountain on a super-hot day, just about killed me.
But I survived to enjoy some really spectacular views along the way.
MTfred19 - Mar 23, 2014 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2014
Party of 9Took basically the same route and it went quite easily and provided a very excellent ski descent from the northwest summit down to the basin below at around 6700 feet. Really fun good powder. Of course nobody bothered trying to get up to the true summit - this was a ski trip. Still looked a bit tricky.
MTfred19 - Mar 7, 2011 10:26 am Date Climbed: Mar 6, 2011
NW face from Canyon CreekWell, the summit is a series of blocky pillars that require some actual climbing. The final block looked like it might be a couple feet higher than the one you walk up to on the west side, its hard to say. I did manage to scramble up to the middle pillar, but could not find a decent way up to the farthest one. Being winter and all, having no rope or crampons or climbing partner, I decided to play it safe. Great day of snowshoeing in the Bitterroots!
Michael Hoyt - Aug 12, 2007 2:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2007
A Hard and Long DayA long trek along the east-west ridge of Downing Mountain on a super-hot day, just about killed me.
But I survived to enjoy some really spectacular views along the way.