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Anyone up for Little Lakes Peak -> Morgan?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:45 pm
by tbaranski
Planning to do LLP -> Morgan on either Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Usually I roll solo but as class 3-4 ridges in particular are new territory for me I figured I'd see if anyone was interested.
I figure I'll pretty much follow Bob's route here:
http://www.snwburd.com/bob/maps/little_lakes_1.htmlWeather looks perfect all week.
Let me know if interested.
Re: Anyone up for Little Lakes Peak -> Morgan?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:16 pm
by Deb
How do you plan on coming down? Long slog off Morgan's NE ridge. I plowed straight down the black rock bands to Hidden Lakes....kinda sketchy if you're not a rock climber. Great traverse though, staying ridge proper gets you Class 4 and 5, but beware...those huge boulders DO move. I had 3 washing machine-sized boulders converge onto my leg and momentarily pen me.
edit: Guess I should have looked at map first..... I ascended LLP from between Upper and Lower Morgan Lakes and rode the entire ridge of LLP to Morgan, including a Class 5 crack climb onto the summit block. "Fun" day!
Re: Anyone up for Little Lakes Peak -> Morgan?
Posted:
Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:56 am
by tbaranski
Thanks for the moving boulder tip. Will keep that in mind.
Sounds like you descended further south than Bob? I figure I'll follow the ridge until I either find his chute or see some other reasonable way down.
Re: Anyone up for Little Lakes Peak -> Morgan?
Posted:
Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:21 am
by tbaranski
Did this solo today, which was probably for the best given the lackluster pace that my East Coast behind was moving at these altitudes. Embarrassing really.
Anyway, there's a summit register on LLP from last August. Only one (undated) signature since -- from PellucidWombat. Is LLP really visited so rarely?
Re: Anyone up for Little Lakes Peak -> Morgan?
Posted:
Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:25 am
by fatdad
I think so. When I first did it, there were entries going back a good decade or so. Glad you enjoyed it.