Mount Irvine Climber's Log

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bechtt

bechtt - Oct 2, 2005 9:07 pm

Route Climbed: NE Ridge (ascent) / SW Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: 1 Oct 05  Sucess!

Perfect day -- more snow than expected. Easy climb to NE ridge from Camp Lake (Meysan Basin) than Class 2 to the top (dodging the deep snow drifts)

Al

Al - Sep 28, 2005 12:00 am

Route Climbed: East Coulior Date Climbed: Jul 2, 05  Sucess!

Good day. Irvine & Mallory from Meysan Lake.

tiogap

tiogap - Sep 8, 2005 10:46 pm

Route Climbed: Meysan Lakes Date Climbed: August, 1980  Sucess!

climbed it in conjuction with Mallory

aleasure - Aug 29, 2005 6:49 pm

Route Climbed: East Buttress V, 5.9 Date Climbed: 8-26-05  Sucess!

I thought this was just an OK route. Nice and long, but not sustained and not particularly great rock. I would also add that its more a grade IV than V. The approach is also more like 6 or 7 miles and not even close to the 3.5 Secor lists. Great views from an uninspiring summit. 14 hrs car to car.

Matthew Holliman

Matthew Holliman - Jul 20, 2005 11:08 pm

Route Climbed: NE Ridge (ascent) / SW Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: July 3, 2005  Sucess!

Dayhike out of the Meysan Lakes TH, continuing on to McAdie and returning via the Whitney trail. Carried axe and crampons, but never used them all day. Irvine's NE Ridge was an easy but surprisingly enjoyable scramble, with some outstanding views in a truly beautiful area.

physics

physics - Jul 4, 2005 12:54 am

Route Climbed: East Couloir Date Climbed: July 2, 2005  Sucess!

The Meyson Lakes trail is now my favorite trail in the Sierra; probably one of my favorite places to camp except for all the mosquitoes. There was lots of snow left up there from this last winter making for an fun trip up the couloir and great views of the surrounding peaks from the top.

awagher

awagher - Jun 25, 2005 10:15 pm

Route Climbed: North West Ridge (from Whitney trail/Consulation Lake) Date Climbed: June 24th, 2005  Sucess!

Interesting and windy class 3 scramble. From Outpost Camp to summit and back in 5 hrs.

Bob Burd

Bob Burd - Nov 19, 2004 6:15 pm

Route Climbed: From Arc Pass Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2004  Sucess!

Day 9 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge, climbed McAdie with Michael and Michelle, then went on to Irvine with Michael, 8h40m RT from Whitney Portal. Trip Report

Completebum

Completebum - Mar 21, 2004 2:46 pm

Route Climbed: East Chute Date Climbed: March 20, 2004  Sucess!

First one up for the new year. The snow in the chute was perfect for climbing on and made a great glissade on the way down. Had a great and lonely view from the summit.

crag

crag - Jan 23, 2004 1:33 pm

Route Climbed: NW face from Arc Pass Date Climbed: September 18, 1999

Spent rthe better part of a day trying to figure out a way up the NW face from Arc Pass but finally gave up. Lots of fun scrambling, but no summit. In retrospect, should have gone up McAdie.

Rob

Rob - Jan 18, 2004 4:47 am

Route Climbed: W. Face from meysan lake trail Date Climbed: 1993  Sucess!

nice

thebeave7

thebeave7 - Aug 30, 2003 7:42 pm

Route Climbed: South slope via Mallory's Northwest ridge Date Climbed: August 29th, 2003  Sucess!

After the fun class 3 down climb off Mallory's Northwest ridge I was forced to chug my way up the South slope, which is slippery and oh so tiring. Irvine was the last peak on my traverse from Corcoran.

asmrz

asmrz - Nov 20, 2002 10:11 pm

Route Climbed: East Buttress V, 5.9 Date Climbed: August 24,25 1987

Gerry Cox and I climbed this long, mountaineering, and in the 1st RJ Secor's Edition, somewhat underrated route (III,5.7) in 1987. We found 17 pitches with at least some 5.9 climbing, 400 feet of 4th class on the upper buttress, and ton of 3rd/4th scrambling on the summit ridge. Greg Vernon later said, haven't you guys climbed any other Al Greene routes? These guys were known for sandbagging! Really? Anyway, this is a decent mountaineering line (with fairly short approach), especially if you can climb all these pitches in one day and descent the snow gully before it gets firm (IV+ or V,5.9).

Dave K - Nov 20, 2002 12:39 am

Route Climbed: East Chute Date Climbed: September 2000  Sucess!

Nice view from the top.

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