My descent route on Russell's N ridge

My descent route on Russell's N ridge

This is the route I took down. The N ridge is much looser and dirtier than the stellar E ridge. On the way down, I traversed to the E summit staying below the ridgeline, and then headed down from there. I deviated left on ledges twice in order to avoid difficulties on the actual ridge. After the first deviation, I rejoined the ridge since the ledges cliffed out, and then made a second, longer traverse left to get onto the easier slopes below approximately where the prominent towers rise on the N ridge. I don't know if it's possible to stay on the actual ridge all the time, but this worked for me. Early August, 2011
ElGreco
on Aug 10, 2011 3:07 pm
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing
Image ID: 736714

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