Little Lakes Peak to Mt. Morgan Traverse

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Little Lakes Peak to Mt. Morgan Traverse

by tiogap » Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:09 pm

so I am coming up to do this in a couple of weeks.
anybody done this?
how hard are the slabs on the sw face of LLP?
thanks

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by SoCalHiker » Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:11 pm

Bob Burd has done that if I remember correctly. It's on his website: www.snwburd.com

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by dshoshone » Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:44 pm

The N. ridge of Little Lakes is fun..it's rated 4th, but that's only in a couple of short spots, that didn't seem all that hard to me.

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by fatdad » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:25 pm

That is a really fun traverse. The view from the top of LLP is outstanding. Wildly neglected until recently. When I first did it about ten years ago, the register had only about 15 parties or so from the prior ten years.

Anyways, that slabs aren't bad if you stay to the right. I remember angling up and right along a ramp to get to more broken up stuff. I recall it being pretty obvious as you look at it. The slabs on the left side are about a 5.8 I think. From the summit of LLP, that ridge to Morgan looks long and exposed, but it's not bad at all. Except for maybe a single and very short section, I didn't think it was class 4.

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by Deb » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:10 am

I'm glad someone else wants to do this slog. I've been wanting to for years! Hope to hear good reports from you other than how many mosquitoes you slay along the way. :lol:

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by tiogap » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:26 am

I like obscure routes. Supposedly one of the better traverses in the Sierra.
thanks for the info.

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by Noondueler » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:59 am

This route is also featured in CLIMBING CALIFORNIA'S HIGH SIERRA by Claude Fiddler and John Moynier.


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