It's a long slog but the view is worth it. Climbed with my girlfriend in 12hrs roundtrip (we are obviously not hardcore mountain climbers). Coming from San Diego the day before, the altitude gain was quite rough. Photos and Trip Report
Climbed with Ryan. Great view south -- Middle Pal, which we climbed the day after, is just peeking through between Mt Sill and North Pal. Pictures
derbilly - Aug 17, 2006 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2006
West Slope
4th day of the Sierra Challenge. I was looking for an easier day than the challenge peak. It was a bit of a talus slog from the pass, but had great views.
Vlad and I had come to the Palisades last weekend to do a traverse from Thunderbolt Peak via the North Couloir to Mt Sill. As we had made our approach to camp the day prior extra fast, we decided to quickly climb Agassiz via the NE Face (II, 5.2).
Long story short, we got off route, climbed really dangerous loose rock (I dislodged a desk-sized one by hand-jamming it) and ended up on the summit at midnight, with recently refrozen snow making our descent to the east notch difficult without crampons. After a night of downclimbing around the snow and cliffs, we made it back to camp at 6am. All in all, we had been on the move for 20 hrs since leaving the trailhead!
The route had some stout 5.8 cracks, one overhanging, one offwidth, and one requiring a strong layback.
Ranboze - Jul 16, 2006 3:25 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006
Route: West slope
Class 2 route still snowfilled, so climbed the rocks to the right of it for a mostly class 3 ascent. It was a long 12 1/2 day from the trailhead at South Lake.
renaistre - Jun 19, 2006 4:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2006
West Slope
Climbed the leftmost chute with three others, mostly in snow. Pass was still completely buried. Conditions were excellent, weather was perfect. Wished we had crampons with us though. Had the mountain - and the whole Bishop Lake area - to ourselves.
BCL - Feb 23, 2006 5:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2005
Route Climbed: Southwest slope from Bishop Pass Date Climbed: October 14, 2005
Another spectacular Sierra Peak! Hiking to Agassiz was an unexpected bonus for me. I went to meet some buddies to go fishing and I ended up on the summit of Agassiz. Special thanks to Bob & Phil for the favorable interpretation of the rules of the annual "Octoberfish" event that allowed us to hike during the high holy days of fishing. I did catch 3 fish at Long Lake on the hike out.
Got to do half the climb as a snow climb in one of the chutes ... and other half was a nice boulder scramble. Went up on one of the ribs, which had a few short sections of fun Class 3. Still a ton of snow up in the Sierras.
Mark N - Sep 16, 2006 10:16 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005
Day hike from South LakeGreat view of Palisades.
jensenl - Sep 5, 2006 11:02 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006
Bishop PassIt's a long slog but the view is worth it. Climbed with my girlfriend in 12hrs roundtrip (we are obviously not hardcore mountain climbers). Coming from San Diego the day before, the altitude gain was quite rough. Photos and Trip Report
bechtt - Sep 5, 2006 3:55 pm Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2006
Bishop PassClimbed with Ryan. Great view south -- Middle Pal, which we climbed the day after, is just peeking through between Mt Sill and North Pal. Pictures
derbilly - Aug 17, 2006 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2006
West Slope4th day of the Sierra Challenge. I was looking for an easier day than the challenge peak. It was a bit of a talus slog from the pass, but had great views.
PellucidWombat - Jul 19, 2006 12:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2006
New Route Climbed: Rolling Stones, 5.8+ IIIVlad and I had come to the Palisades last weekend to do a traverse from Thunderbolt Peak via the North Couloir to Mt Sill. As we had made our approach to camp the day prior extra fast, we decided to quickly climb Agassiz via the NE Face (II, 5.2).
Long story short, we got off route, climbed really dangerous loose rock (I dislodged a desk-sized one by hand-jamming it) and ended up on the summit at midnight, with recently refrozen snow making our descent to the east notch difficult without crampons. After a night of downclimbing around the snow and cliffs, we made it back to camp at 6am. All in all, we had been on the move for 20 hrs since leaving the trailhead!
The route had some stout 5.8 cracks, one overhanging, one offwidth, and one requiring a strong layback.
Ranboze - Jul 16, 2006 3:25 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006
Route: West slopeClass 2 route still snowfilled, so climbed the rocks to the right of it for a mostly class 3 ascent. It was a long 12 1/2 day from the trailhead at South Lake.
renaistre - Jun 19, 2006 4:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2006
West SlopeClimbed the leftmost chute with three others, mostly in snow. Pass was still completely buried. Conditions were excellent, weather was perfect. Wished we had crampons with us though. Had the mountain - and the whole Bishop Lake area - to ourselves.
BCL - Feb 23, 2006 5:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2005
West SlopeFrom Bishop Pass. Awesome views the whole way up.
peakbager - Jan 19, 2006 12:51 am
Route Climbed: West slope Date Climbed: Aug 1998Climbed it solo and had the peak to myself.
It was a good day
RickF - Oct 17, 2005 4:41 pm
Route Climbed: Southwest slope from Bishop Pass Date Climbed: October 14, 2005Another spectacular Sierra Peak! Hiking to Agassiz was an unexpected bonus for me. I went to meet some buddies to go fishing and I ended up on the summit of Agassiz. Special thanks to Bob & Phil for the favorable interpretation of the rules of the annual "Octoberfish" event that allowed us to hike during the high holy days of fishing. I did catch 3 fish at Long Lake on the hike out.
tpdwr - Oct 6, 2005 4:26 pm
Route Climbed: From Bishop Pass Date Climbed: October 4, 2005From a camp at Saddlerock Lake. A great blue sky day, but fairly cold! Great views!
Brian Frederick - Sep 29, 2005 9:57 pm
Route Climbed: from Bishop Pass Date Climbed: august 2005Solo day hike from south lake, enjoyed the hike, loved the views.
cottersnow - Sep 27, 2005 1:54 pm
Route Climbed: From Bishop Pass Date Climbed: 9-18-05Big slog, Awesome views.
pinch - Sep 12, 2005 8:55 pm
Route Climbed: West Slope from Bishop Pass Date Climbed: September 11, 2005lots of fun
tiogap - Sep 7, 2005 12:41 am
Route Climbed: from Bishop Pass Date Climbed: 1983solo
Desert Solitaire - Sep 6, 2005 8:12 pm
Route Climbed: Agassiz Col Date Climbed: August 10, 2005Bonus peak for the 05 Sierra Challenge. From Isosceles Pk, headed over to Agassiz Col and on to the summit.
uwjennie - Aug 17, 2005 7:11 pm
Route Climbed: West Slope from Bishop Pass Date Climbed: 8/7/04Hiked in from Soutlake with two friends on our way to Thunderbolt pass. Nice views from the summit.
ddogpat - Jul 19, 2005 2:02 pm
Route Climbed: Trapper Peak Date Climbed: July 16, 2005This was an amazing and beautiful hike. This was my first hike and I am hooked.
aleasure - Jul 14, 2005 3:23 pm
Route Climbed: West slope from Bishop pass Date Climbed: July11, 2005Great views up there. I did it car to car with my dog Mason in six hours. Lots of Sky Pilot on the ascent.
ExploreABitMore - Jun 19, 2005 3:44 pm
Route Climbed: Bishop Pass Date Climbed: 06/18/05Got to do half the climb as a snow climb in one of the chutes ... and other half was a nice boulder scramble. Went up on one of the ribs, which had a few short sections of fun Class 3. Still a ton of snow up in the Sierras.