kentlawrence - May 8, 2006 12:26 am - Hasn't voted
Erroneous Step 4
This route description says climb past a small pine tree and work your way up for 120 feet to a good vegetated ledge. I never made it to that ledge on my last attempt. I gave it a good look this Spring while rapping the arete, and I'd describe the climb to the good vegetaged ledge (I'd call it a small vegetated nook) as "climb past the small pine tree and go where the ridge forces you, which is straight up sheer rock with no holds for 120 feet."
The time to visit this part of Arizona is April and May and later in the year, mid October to mid December. The conditions are much more reasonable in the shoulder seasons, it can be brutal in the heat of the summer.
I would say the SE Arete is best approached from the east. The elevation gain is less on a decent trail (unless it is overgrown - I haven't done it in about eight years), you quickly attain Lion Ledge, and you even have a dependable water source on the Ledge!
I love it when someone says "light rack" in the route description (heavy sarcasm). When I'm trying to figure out what to pack for a flight, that description is worthless. What does that mean??? A set of nuts? A set of hexes? A set of cams to #3? A #6 cam? A route description page is supposed to help someone plan who wants to do the route, not be purposefully noninformative.
kentlawrence - May 8, 2006 12:26 am - Hasn't voted
Erroneous Step 4This route description says climb past a small pine tree and work your way up for 120 feet to a good vegetated ledge. I never made it to that ledge on my last attempt. I gave it a good look this Spring while rapping the arete, and I'd describe the climb to the good vegetaged ledge (I'd call it a small vegetated nook) as "climb past the small pine tree and go where the ridge forces you, which is straight up sheer rock with no holds for 120 feet."
asmrz - Mar 7, 2009 12:59 pm - Voted 10/10
Time to goThe time to visit this part of Arizona is April and May and later in the year, mid October to mid December. The conditions are much more reasonable in the shoulder seasons, it can be brutal in the heat of the summer.
hikermor - Dec 9, 2013 7:04 pm - Hasn't voted
Easiest Approach?I would say the SE Arete is best approached from the east. The elevation gain is less on a decent trail (unless it is overgrown - I haven't done it in about eight years), you quickly attain Lion Ledge, and you even have a dependable water source on the Ledge!
Diggler - Mar 4, 2022 8:00 am - Hasn't voted
What is a "light rack???"I love it when someone says "light rack" in the route description (heavy sarcasm). When I'm trying to figure out what to pack for a flight, that description is worthless. What does that mean??? A set of nuts? A set of hexes? A set of cams to #3? A #6 cam? A route description page is supposed to help someone plan who wants to do the route, not be purposefully noninformative.