Rogers - Dec 13, 2008 1:01 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2008
North Couloir
Good ice and a great days - views were clear out past Half Dome to the west.
Noondueler - Nov 4, 2008 11:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2007
Early bird
First time was July 2000. Second time I got up and down before noon with great views, clouds and nice lighting.
tb00957 - Oct 6, 2008 4:49 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008
NNW ridge
This is mostly class 3 with three impasse on it. Don't need gear, I used rock shoes for one. Totally fun.
Shirley Lam - Aug 26, 2008 4:47 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008
NW Ridge...
Then kept on the ridge from North Peak to Conness. Fun ridge and great views! It was great to go light and do it car-to-car in a day.
traverpen - Aug 23, 2008 11:58 am Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005
SE chute
Took the right chute instead of the left and regretted/enjoyed it.
Fredd C Dobbs - Aug 19, 2008 10:10 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008
SW Face
Very nice day. I summited @ 1:30 pm- A gentleman named Greg Dephilipps was there earlier & signed in @ 10:00 am. Weather report said it would be "breezy"- That was quite an under-statement around the summit area.
Fred Bagni - Aug 17, 2008 11:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2008
North Couloir
Climbed with my buddy Patrick from AZ. His first couloir. Ice was excellent. It looked like it was all neve from up to the bergshrund. But, could not have been more wrong. Patrick is now hooked on couloirs... Climbed it in 3.5 pitches. Simuled the passed the berg.
Nefsek - Jul 28, 2008 12:46 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008
Right Couloir
Second ice climb after Dana, ice was perfect, weather was perfect. Couldn't ask for anything better...
Zhenya77 - Mar 10, 2008 8:20 pm Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2006
North Couloir
It was a perfect October day. from the Trailhead we proceeded quite fast to the bottom of the North couloir. Lettle roping exercise was quite short. The clib itself was no longer than 40 min. Nice practice before attempting anything more technically challenging
forjan - Jan 20, 2008 12:26 pm Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007
Left Couloir
My friend Luis and I climbed the left couloir while Pavel and Misha were getting on the right couloir. It snowed lightly all day and it was butt cold: temperatures hovered anywhere from single digits to lower teens. However, the ice was pretty nice. We got a late start. Started the first pitch at 11:30am. We skipped the summit (short daylight, blowing snowing in your eyes and cold drove us out) as we topped out just before 3pm.
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Route Climbed: Left Couloir
Date Climbed: September 16, 2006
Started from the Saddlebag Lake parking lot at 6:30am. Solo the left couloir in 45 minutes. Summited North Peak at 10:15am. Stayed half an hour there before going on to the north ridge of Conness. Descended the standard east ridge of Conness via Alpine Lake. Back at Saddlebag Lake at 3:55pm (~ 9.5 hrs roundtrip).
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Route Climbed: NE Right couloir
Date Climbed: September 5, 2005
Climbed with awagher. We took my 60m rope, 6 ice crews, set of nuts and various slings and cordolettes. Conditions (as of 9/5/05) were as follows: Pitch 1 was all easy neve. Then, the remaining 3 pitches were all surprisingly hard water ice. The last 40 feet (before you top out) on pitch 4 was neve again. The 'shrund this year is lower down on the left side of the couloir. It hasn't opened up across yet. Get on the couloir on the right side. Took us about 5 hours to climb the 4 pitches. Because we had a late start (didn't get on the couloir 'til after 10am) and lack of sleep, we decided to skip the summit. Now, the left couloir of North Peak looked like it was all neve, however, 2/3 of the way up it has a 60 foot section of rock all across (must climb rock 60 feet and then get on neve again).
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Route Climbed: NE Right couloir
Date Climbed: October 4, 2003
A mini-epic day! Climbed the right NE couloir with Alex. We started hiking from Saddlebag Lake at 5:05am. We reached the bottom of the snow/ice patch around 8:40am or so. This is where we geared up. Unfortunately on this Saturday there were several parties climbing the right Northeast Couloir ahead of us, so we had to wait and take our turn. We actually started climbing at 9:45am despite the ice chunks coming down from the climbers above. I led all the 4 pitches as Alex had trouble with his right foot boot/crampon combination. I got hit by a softball-size ice chunk on my right rib cage that took my breath away for several seconds at the top of the 1st pitch.
After that, we still dodged several ice chunks but fortunately we didn't get hit anymore. We mostly climbed the right side of the couloir. Except for a small section on the middle of the 2nd pitch, most of the ice was brittle as a result of the previous climbing parties chopping tons of ice down the couloir. It was a bowling alley with Alex and I being the bowling pins. I finally did reach the notch at the very late hour of 3:50pm. Another 40 minutes would pass before Alex topped out. We took a half-hour break at the notch eating, drinking and putting away tools and crampons. We started climbing the class 3 rock chute to the summit at 5:05pm. I reached the summit 25 minutes later at 5:30pm. I did my usual class 4 variation just directly below the summit by climbing the class 4 20-foot section chimney there on climber's right. We got down to the notch, picked up our gear and descended the SE chute down the Conness Lake area. It was almost 8:30pm by the time we got back to the car at Saddlebag Lake: 15.5 hours roundtrip car-to-car = a mini-epic day!
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Route Climbed: NE Right couloir
Date Climbed: October 13, 2002
We climbed the right NE couloir of North Peak. Camped close to Cascade Lake Saturday evening. We climbed unroped 'til the bergschrund. At this point we roped up, and my partner (Mark O'Brian) led the pitches. We climbed the couloir on the left side. The right side had about 3" of snow on it and was not totally consolidated. My partner used 2 ice tools, and I used 2 ice tools, too. Placed a combination of rock pro (left side of couloir) at most belay spots and ice screws (and additional rock pro) for pitch protection. We used a 60m rope and it worked out to 4 pitches for us. We encountered 2 other climbing parties; each with a party of 3. One party of 3 climbed roped up with fixed belays (like us) and the other party of 3 climbed unroped each soloing (the unroped party: each of them had 2 ice tools and did a combination of front-pointing as well as pied troisieme). We reached the notch (elev ~ 11,960') around 1:00pm. We unroped, took crampons off and headed for the summit through the class 3 rock chute. I did a small class 4 variation by staying to climber's right 20 feet below the summit. Reached the summit at 1:25pm. Descended part of the SE chute and cut across back to Cascade Lake to pick up our camp and hiked out to Saddlebag Lake parking area.
Misha - Dec 20, 2007 11:27 am Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007
Ccccooooldd!!
Climbed Right Couloir with Pavel on a bone chilling day (0-10F). We were climbing with full packs with the aim to continue to the North Ridge of Conness. That did not materialize due to blizzard conditions. Descended to Conness Lakes in vanishing light and bivy'd there. Fun, only different...
kovarpa - Dec 4, 2007 12:43 pm Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007
RC again
this time with Misha. Pretty cold but good quality ice.
fleshy1 - Nov 2, 2007 5:50 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
Conness honorable mention
Didn't make conness the previous day so we walked this one as a consolation prize.
Deb - Oct 29, 2007 1:23 pm Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2007
Left Couloir
Climbed first 2 pitches with Chief on perfect alpine ice and enjoyed my first official ice lead on P2. Absolutely awesome! No need to summit, I was completely satisfied with the ice climb. :)
Zzyzx - Oct 26, 2007 1:07 am Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2007
Right Couloir
Climbed with Kovarpa. We did it in 4 pitches from the bergschrund with a 60m rope. We were the only ones climbing it that day. Lots of dinnerplating, but otherwise a nice climb.
Zzyzx - Oct 26, 2007 1:04 am Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007
NW Ridge
Did a solo climb of North Peak / Conness. NW Ridge was fun, although relatively short, with few challenges. Beautiful views. Summited at around 9 AM and after 1/2 hr. break went to the N.Ridge of Conness.
kovarpa - Oct 22, 2007 12:39 am Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2007
R Couloir
with Kris. Turned out to be a nice day after an ugly morning...
Dave S - Oct 10, 2007 8:20 pm Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007
North Couloir
Headed back for a second shot at the North (Right) Couloir with TRADaROCKiss. Climbed it in 4 pitches in perfect weather! With nightfall rapidly approaching, we decided to head for the car rather than scramble to the summit. Fun climb and great day in the mountains!
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Route Climbed: North (Right) Couloir
Date Climbed: Sept 21 2007
Attempted a climb of the North Couloir with TRADaROCKiss. Didn't make it far, but still had a great day!
Rogers - Dec 13, 2008 1:01 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2008
North CouloirGood ice and a great days - views were clear out past Half Dome to the west.
Noondueler - Nov 4, 2008 11:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2007
Early birdFirst time was July 2000. Second time I got up and down before noon with great views, clouds and nice lighting.
tb00957 - Oct 6, 2008 4:49 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008
NNW ridgeThis is mostly class 3 with three impasse on it. Don't need gear, I used rock shoes for one. Totally fun.
Shirley Lam - Aug 26, 2008 4:47 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008
NW Ridge...Then kept on the ridge from North Peak to Conness. Fun ridge and great views! It was great to go light and do it car-to-car in a day.
traverpen - Aug 23, 2008 11:58 am Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005
SE chuteTook the right chute instead of the left and regretted/enjoyed it.
Fredd C Dobbs - Aug 19, 2008 10:10 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008
SW FaceVery nice day. I summited @ 1:30 pm- A gentleman named Greg Dephilipps was there earlier & signed in @ 10:00 am. Weather report said it would be "breezy"- That was quite an under-statement around the summit area.
Fred Bagni - Aug 17, 2008 11:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2008
North CouloirClimbed with my buddy Patrick from AZ. His first couloir. Ice was excellent. It looked like it was all neve from up to the bergshrund. But, could not have been more wrong. Patrick is now hooked on couloirs... Climbed it in 3.5 pitches. Simuled the passed the berg.
Nefsek - Jul 28, 2008 12:46 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008
Right CouloirSecond ice climb after Dana, ice was perfect, weather was perfect. Couldn't ask for anything better...
Zhenya77 - Mar 10, 2008 8:20 pm Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2006
North CouloirIt was a perfect October day. from the Trailhead we proceeded quite fast to the bottom of the North couloir. Lettle roping exercise was quite short. The clib itself was no longer than 40 min. Nice practice before attempting anything more technically challenging
forjan - Jan 20, 2008 12:26 pm Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007
Left CouloirMy friend Luis and I climbed the left couloir while Pavel and Misha were getting on the right couloir. It snowed lightly all day and it was butt cold: temperatures hovered anywhere from single digits to lower teens. However, the ice was pretty nice. We got a late start. Started the first pitch at 11:30am. We skipped the summit (short daylight, blowing snowing in your eyes and cold drove us out) as we topped out just before 3pm.
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Route Climbed: Left Couloir
Date Climbed: September 16, 2006
Started from the Saddlebag Lake parking lot at 6:30am. Solo the left couloir in 45 minutes. Summited North Peak at 10:15am. Stayed half an hour there before going on to the north ridge of Conness. Descended the standard east ridge of Conness via Alpine Lake. Back at Saddlebag Lake at 3:55pm (~ 9.5 hrs roundtrip).
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Route Climbed: NE Right couloir
Date Climbed: September 5, 2005
Climbed with awagher. We took my 60m rope, 6 ice crews, set of nuts and various slings and cordolettes. Conditions (as of 9/5/05) were as follows: Pitch 1 was all easy neve. Then, the remaining 3 pitches were all surprisingly hard water ice. The last 40 feet (before you top out) on pitch 4 was neve again. The 'shrund this year is lower down on the left side of the couloir. It hasn't opened up across yet. Get on the couloir on the right side. Took us about 5 hours to climb the 4 pitches. Because we had a late start (didn't get on the couloir 'til after 10am) and lack of sleep, we decided to skip the summit. Now, the left couloir of North Peak looked like it was all neve, however, 2/3 of the way up it has a 60 foot section of rock all across (must climb rock 60 feet and then get on neve again).
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Route Climbed: NE Right couloir
Date Climbed: October 4, 2003
A mini-epic day! Climbed the right NE couloir with Alex. We started hiking from Saddlebag Lake at 5:05am. We reached the bottom of the snow/ice patch around 8:40am or so. This is where we geared up. Unfortunately on this Saturday there were several parties climbing the right Northeast Couloir ahead of us, so we had to wait and take our turn. We actually started climbing at 9:45am despite the ice chunks coming down from the climbers above. I led all the 4 pitches as Alex had trouble with his right foot boot/crampon combination. I got hit by a softball-size ice chunk on my right rib cage that took my breath away for several seconds at the top of the 1st pitch.
After that, we still dodged several ice chunks but fortunately we didn't get hit anymore. We mostly climbed the right side of the couloir. Except for a small section on the middle of the 2nd pitch, most of the ice was brittle as a result of the previous climbing parties chopping tons of ice down the couloir. It was a bowling alley with Alex and I being the bowling pins. I finally did reach the notch at the very late hour of 3:50pm. Another 40 minutes would pass before Alex topped out. We took a half-hour break at the notch eating, drinking and putting away tools and crampons. We started climbing the class 3 rock chute to the summit at 5:05pm. I reached the summit 25 minutes later at 5:30pm. I did my usual class 4 variation just directly below the summit by climbing the class 4 20-foot section chimney there on climber's right. We got down to the notch, picked up our gear and descended the SE chute down the Conness Lake area. It was almost 8:30pm by the time we got back to the car at Saddlebag Lake: 15.5 hours roundtrip car-to-car = a mini-epic day!
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Route Climbed: NE Right couloir
Date Climbed: October 13, 2002
We climbed the right NE couloir of North Peak. Camped close to Cascade Lake Saturday evening. We climbed unroped 'til the bergschrund. At this point we roped up, and my partner (Mark O'Brian) led the pitches. We climbed the couloir on the left side. The right side had about 3" of snow on it and was not totally consolidated. My partner used 2 ice tools, and I used 2 ice tools, too. Placed a combination of rock pro (left side of couloir) at most belay spots and ice screws (and additional rock pro) for pitch protection. We used a 60m rope and it worked out to 4 pitches for us. We encountered 2 other climbing parties; each with a party of 3. One party of 3 climbed roped up with fixed belays (like us) and the other party of 3 climbed unroped each soloing (the unroped party: each of them had 2 ice tools and did a combination of front-pointing as well as pied troisieme). We reached the notch (elev ~ 11,960') around 1:00pm. We unroped, took crampons off and headed for the summit through the class 3 rock chute. I did a small class 4 variation by staying to climber's right 20 feet below the summit. Reached the summit at 1:25pm. Descended part of the SE chute and cut across back to Cascade Lake to pick up our camp and hiked out to Saddlebag Lake parking area.
Misha - Dec 20, 2007 11:27 am Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007
Ccccooooldd!!Climbed Right Couloir with Pavel on a bone chilling day (0-10F). We were climbing with full packs with the aim to continue to the North Ridge of Conness. That did not materialize due to blizzard conditions. Descended to Conness Lakes in vanishing light and bivy'd there. Fun, only different...
kovarpa - Dec 4, 2007 12:43 pm Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007
RC againthis time with Misha. Pretty cold but good quality ice.
fleshy1 - Nov 2, 2007 5:50 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
Conness honorable mentionDidn't make conness the previous day so we walked this one as a consolation prize.
Deb - Oct 29, 2007 1:23 pm Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2007
Left CouloirClimbed first 2 pitches with Chief on perfect alpine ice and enjoyed my first official ice lead on P2. Absolutely awesome! No need to summit, I was completely satisfied with the ice climb. :)
Zzyzx - Oct 26, 2007 1:07 am Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2007
Right CouloirClimbed with Kovarpa. We did it in 4 pitches from the bergschrund with a 60m rope. We were the only ones climbing it that day. Lots of dinnerplating, but otherwise a nice climb.
Zzyzx - Oct 26, 2007 1:04 am Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007
NW RidgeDid a solo climb of North Peak / Conness. NW Ridge was fun, although relatively short, with few challenges. Beautiful views. Summited at around 9 AM and after 1/2 hr. break went to the N.Ridge of Conness.
kovarpa - Oct 22, 2007 12:39 am Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2007
R Couloirwith Kris. Turned out to be a nice day after an ugly morning...
Dave S - Oct 10, 2007 8:20 pm Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007
North CouloirHeaded back for a second shot at the North (Right) Couloir with TRADaROCKiss. Climbed it in 4 pitches in perfect weather! With nightfall rapidly approaching, we decided to head for the car rather than scramble to the summit. Fun climb and great day in the mountains!
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Route Climbed: North (Right) Couloir
Date Climbed: Sept 21 2007
Attempted a climb of the North Couloir with TRADaROCKiss. Didn't make it far, but still had a great day!
Adamus - Jul 22, 2007 10:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007
SW FaceFun scramble. Awesome views the whole way. The sun kept burning the clouds away from the summit so it was nice and sunny.
Pantilat - Jun 20, 2007 2:49 am Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007
NW RidgeSweet little scramble.