A nice half-day hike in a beautiful area. The mosquitos near Greenstone Lake were horrible and we were swarmed by huge clouds of them. Very nice summit views that really make me want to climb the north ridge of Conness.
Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Oct. 13, 2002
Spur of the moment, last trip for Dug before he moved to NYC made this rather bittersweet. Despite his fear of snow, Dug will be missed sorely as a constant companion in the Sierra.
The ridge is easy, and if you are soloing and get trepidatious at any point one can drop down to the right (west) for easier terrain. But you would be sorry. The knife-edge is delightful climbing on clean rock.
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: June 25, 2004; July 31, 2004
Soloed the route twice this summer, both times with Bob (just for a change). The first time was a warm-up for Williamson the next day, the next time was as the approach to Conness' North Ridge. This is a nice scramble, especially in conjunction with Conness.
Route Climbed: Right Couloir Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2004
Josh's first alpine ice. 3 pitches. 4 climbers waited for us at the schrund--hope we didn't send too many dinner plates down. Summit was windless and warm.
Warning: we did the cl3 direct approach up slabs to the glacier. Stay in the middle of the slabs--we started following ramps to the left and had to cross exposed, sketchy terrain to get back on the scramble.
The summit is EZ cl3 from the saddle, w/1 cl4 move if you go direct.
Route Climbed: North Couloir Date Climbed: September 25, 2004
I climbed the couloir with Pavel and Vendula. Due to having only one 50 m rope it took us a long time to climb it. There were two other climbers above us which meant we were constantly getting hit by falling ice. Over all a great climb with a nice, short approach and easy descend. We finished the climb in the dark . Pavel went to the summit while Vendula and I decided to hike down.
Route Climbed: North Couloir Date Climbed: September 25, 2004
What a fun climb! Vendula was super brave to do this as her first ice climb... I just wish there were no other people in the couloir - we got hit pretty hard by the dislodged ice from above that picked up a lot of speed. Kris was bleeding...
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2004
Climbed this with several fine folks on the Sierra Challenge. Great route and a nice short scramble from S'bag. Click on thumb for trip report:
PellucidWombat - Aug 10, 2004 4:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010
Ice is nice!
September 25th, 2010 - (Right) North Couloir
Great ice climb! A little crowded though . . .
July 31, 2004 - Northwest Ridge
This route was a fun solo climb! I did this with Bob Burd, Sam Mills, and others on the Sierra Challenge before going on to do the North Ridge of Conness
Samantha - Aug 9, 2005 5:29 am
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: August 6, 2005Great mountain page! I ♥ Summitpost.org.
Dave K - Aug 7, 2005 12:25 am
Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: 8/6/05I thoroughly enjoyed this climb. The rock was excellent and handholds were abundant. On the way out we saw a bald eagle over Saddlebag Lake.
Brian Kalet - Jul 25, 2005 4:10 pm
Route Climbed: SE Chute Date Climbed: July 23, 2005Nice acclimatization hike.
birdhead - Jul 25, 2005 1:22 pm
Route Climbed: SE Chute Date Climbed: 07/24/05A nice half-day hike in a beautiful area. The mosquitos near Greenstone Lake were horrible and we were swarmed by huge clouds of them. Very nice summit views that really make me want to climb the north ridge of Conness.
ExploreABitMore - Mar 4, 2005 10:29 pm
Route Climbed: SW Slope Date Climbed: 08/01/04Incredible views and a beautiful day.
Carbo - Feb 14, 2005 11:30 pm
Route Climbed: North Couloir Date Climbed: can't rememberPerfect conditions on our second couloir climb, we skipped the summit and descended to quick dip in the lake before the usual long drive home
plume - Feb 13, 2005 2:33 am
Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Oct. 13, 2002Spur of the moment, last trip for Dug before he moved to NYC made this rather bittersweet. Despite his fear of snow, Dug will be missed sorely as a constant companion in the Sierra.
The ridge is easy, and if you are soloing and get trepidatious at any point one can drop down to the right (west) for easier terrain. But you would be sorry. The knife-edge is delightful climbing on clean rock.
Matthew Holliman - Nov 15, 2004 11:49 pm
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: June 25, 2004; July 31, 2004Soloed the route twice this summer, both times with Bob (just for a change). The first time was a warm-up for Williamson the next day, the next time was as the approach to Conness' North Ridge. This is a nice scramble, especially in conjunction with Conness.
Felsberg - Oct 12, 2004 4:13 pm
Route Climbed: SE Chute (climbers right var.) Date Climbed: October 10, 2004Fun scramble as an interlude to working on the conness glacier in sub-freezing temperatures. PICS
Scott Pierce - Oct 11, 2004 1:03 pm
Route Climbed: Right Couloir Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2004Josh's first alpine ice. 3 pitches. 4 climbers waited for us at the schrund--hope we didn't send too many dinner plates down. Summit was windless and warm.
Warning: we did the cl3 direct approach up slabs to the glacier. Stay in the middle of the slabs--we started following ramps to the left and had to cross exposed, sketchy terrain to get back on the scramble.
The summit is EZ cl3 from the saddle, w/1 cl4 move if you go direct.
TDRoberts - Oct 9, 2004 8:01 pm
Route Climbed: SE Chutes Date Climbed: Sep 25 2004Great short day hike from Saddlebag Lake.
Zzyzx - Sep 29, 2004 1:12 am
Route Climbed: North Couloir Date Climbed: September 25, 2004I climbed the couloir with Pavel and Vendula. Due to having only one 50 m rope it took us a long time to climb it. There were two other climbers above us which meant we were constantly getting hit by falling ice. Over all a great climb with a nice, short approach and easy descend. We finished the climb in the dark . Pavel went to the summit while Vendula and I decided to hike down.
Bob Burd - Sep 28, 2004 11:52 pm
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2004Day 1 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge saw 8 of us soloing the easy NW Ridge on our way to Conness. Trip Report
kovarpa - Sep 28, 2004 12:13 am
Route Climbed: North Couloir Date Climbed: September 25, 2004What a fun climb! Vendula was super brave to do this as her first ice climb... I just wish there were no other people in the couloir - we got hit pretty hard by the dislodged ice from above that picked up a lot of speed. Kris was bleeding...
songhiker - Sep 7, 2004 5:00 pm
Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2004Day 1 of the Sierra Challenge.. great climbing!!
keema - Aug 24, 2004 12:21 am
Route Climbed: SE Chute Date Climbed: August 23, 2004A great way to end the summer. My Trip Report
steeleman - Aug 18, 2004 12:58 pm
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2004Climbed this with several fine folks on the Sierra Challenge. Great route and a nice short scramble from S'bag. Click on thumb for trip report:
PellucidWombat - Aug 10, 2004 4:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010
Ice is nice!September 25th, 2010 - (Right) North Couloir
Great ice climb! A little crowded though . . .
July 31, 2004 - Northwest Ridge
This route was a fun solo climb! I did this with Bob Burd, Sam Mills, and others on the Sierra Challenge before going on to do the North Ridge of Conness
Sam Mills - Aug 5, 2004 1:39 am
Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge (again) Date Climbed: July 31, 2004Day one of Bob Burds 2004 Sierra Challenge. Went on to climb the North Ridge of Conness for a great day on two fine routes.
agorokhov - Aug 2, 2004 2:44 pm
Route Climbed: North Couloir Date Climbed: October 4, 2003