ElGreco - Jun 6, 2012 7:33 pm Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2012
Clyde Couloir
Awesome ice climbing in the Clyde couloir! Snow on the upper half. Two easy <5.5 half pitches from the notch to the summit. Milk Bottle hard in boots... Felt harder than Thunderbolt in climbing shoes. Perfect weather, killer views!
efunk - Oct 7, 2011 1:53 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011
Awesome
Great experience and beautiful day in the Palisades.
kaos14 - Aug 5, 2011 2:46 am Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2011
Traverse fromT-bolt
I am pretty sure I did not find the easiest way up from the notch but I still made it. Milk bottle was a pretty cool feature.
Coming from Thunderbolt and on the way to Polemonium. Cool summit milk bottle. I felt privileged to be standing atop a phallic symbol
Hyadventure - Aug 30, 2010 8:25 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2010
Northwest Chute
The cold weather and high winds turned this into a hellish climb for me. Too windy to free the Milk Bottle, but I was able to aid it. Plenty of real climbing from class 3 to 5.easy. The tricky route finding and tons of exposure makes this a climb only for the bold and skilled.
WARNING: Do not climb the Milk Bottle without a sling (double) to back-up the bolt. The ΒΌ inch bolt and folded sheet metal hanger, both rusted, are not safe to handle bodyweight, let alone a fall.
PellucidWombat - Jun 22, 2010 11:24 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2010
Pink Cowboy Hat
Steph Abegg and I summited while doing the Palisade Traverse. We brought a pink cowboy hat along as a summit prop!
HeyItsBen - Oct 28, 2009 4:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2009
Tbolt - N. Pal traverse
Cool to actually see the milkbottle in person after seeing pictures of it for so long, kind of like meeting that celebrity that you've only seen on TV (if you watch TV, that is). Long and rewarding day.
soslaw - Oct 19, 2009 4:48 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2009
Traverse
Fun to straddle the summit pinnacle ala Norman Clyde
Climbed with Vladimir and Hakan from Palisade Basin. The "Milk Bottle" was an exciting top rope for me. Thanks to Hakan's route info we were able to follow this complicated route with 4 belayed 4th class sections. Vladimir soloed the "Milk Bottle" with approach shoes, a backpack, and a hiking pole!
Congrats, Gordon! It's always sweeter after a few attempts. Glad you guys made it up & down both of these challenging & amazing peaks. So is Thunderbolt the only one left now??? When's the barbeque going to be, man?!
I got a lot to go if I want to finish the CA 14ers. I got thunderbolt, but not williamson/tyndall/sill/langley/muir/white/split, so only half done :) Still must do the barbecue though! Some time in Oct?
RickF - Aug 14, 2009 11:34 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
The "Milk Bottle" was everything that I anticipated
...but getting up to and down from the summit pinnacle was more challenging than I expected. This was the third in our three peak traverse that included Polemonium & North Pal. We approached via the west chute from Palisade Basin and traversed from North Pal. We descend by multiple raps down the Starlight Chute. Safely summitting and descending was made possible through the team effort of my partners, Phil & Joe.
Blackmouth - Aug 10, 2009 8:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse
Day hiked the Thuderbolt to Sill Traverse in just over 20 hours. Started at South Lake and ended at the shuttle car at Glacier Lodge. Climbed with SPer's Forjan,Kevin Trieu,Dave S,Luis Gijon and Corey Harelson. Traversed from Thunderbolt to the "Milk Bottle". Topped out via a TR that was lead/set by Dave S. Great climbing Trip.
seano - Sep 5, 2008 2:03 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2008
From T-bolt
Continuing the traverse. Skipped the milk bottle because I thought I needed to hurry, so I'll have to come back.
ghoulwe4 - Sep 2, 2008 7:31 pm Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008
Up the NW Route
Three members of the Ghoulwe Mountaineering Club; Dave Johnson, John Wettstein & Daniel Guerrero climbed Starlight via the NW Chute - for Dave & John, the final Calif. 14er!
ElGreco - Jun 6, 2012 7:33 pm Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2012
Clyde CouloirAwesome ice climbing in the Clyde couloir! Snow on the upper half. Two easy <5.5 half pitches from the notch to the summit. Milk Bottle hard in boots... Felt harder than Thunderbolt in climbing shoes. Perfect weather, killer views!
efunk - Oct 7, 2011 1:53 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011
AwesomeGreat experience and beautiful day in the Palisades.
kaos14 - Aug 5, 2011 2:46 am Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2011
Traverse fromT-boltI am pretty sure I did not find the easiest way up from the notch but I still made it. Milk bottle was a pretty cool feature.
zoomloco - Jul 16, 2011 5:06 pm Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010
t-bolt to silltraverse is not as hard as hyped, a bit disappointed. milk bottle was definitely fun, and not difficult at all.
TheNobleSunfish - Jun 29, 2011 3:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011
Thunderbolt to U-NotchWith Pratyush!
pratyush - Jun 27, 2011 1:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011
TB to North Palclimbed as 3-member team, bailed when it was 6.30 and we were still at U-Notch. The 3 peaks that we did were awesome though!
Daria - Sep 26, 2010 7:40 pm Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010
palisade traverseComing from Thunderbolt and on the way to Polemonium. Cool summit milk bottle. I felt privileged to be standing atop a phallic symbol
Hyadventure - Aug 30, 2010 8:25 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2010
Northwest ChuteThe cold weather and high winds turned this into a hellish climb for me. Too windy to free the Milk Bottle, but I was able to aid it. Plenty of real climbing from class 3 to 5.easy. The tricky route finding and tons of exposure makes this a climb only for the bold and skilled.
WARNING: Do not climb the Milk Bottle without a sling (double) to back-up the bolt. The ΒΌ inch bolt and folded sheet metal hanger, both rusted, are not safe to handle bodyweight, let alone a fall.
PellucidWombat - Jun 22, 2010 11:24 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2010
Pink Cowboy HatSteph Abegg and I summited while doing the Palisade Traverse. We brought a pink cowboy hat along as a summit prop!
HeyItsBen - Oct 28, 2009 4:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2009
Tbolt - N. Pal traverseCool to actually see the milkbottle in person after seeing pictures of it for so long, kind of like meeting that celebrity that you've only seen on TV (if you watch TV, that is). Long and rewarding day.
soslaw - Oct 19, 2009 4:48 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2009
TraverseFun to straddle the summit pinnacle ala Norman Clyde
justing - Sep 22, 2009 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2009
Traverse from v-notchGreat lead by kovarpa allowed me to have a nice toprope.
gordonye - Sep 8, 2009 1:43 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009
NW chuteClimbed with Vladimir and Hakan from Palisade Basin. The "Milk Bottle" was an exciting top rope for me. Thanks to Hakan's route info we were able to follow this complicated route with 4 belayed 4th class sections. Vladimir soloed the "Milk Bottle" with approach shoes, a backpack, and a hiking pole!
Diggler - Sep 8, 2009 4:38 pm
Re: SW chuteCongrats, Gordon! It's always sweeter after a few attempts. Glad you guys made it up & down both of these challenging & amazing peaks. So is Thunderbolt the only one left now??? When's the barbeque going to be, man?!
gordonye - Sep 10, 2009 3:44 pm
Re: SW chuteI got a lot to go if I want to finish the CA 14ers. I got thunderbolt, but not williamson/tyndall/sill/langley/muir/white/split, so only half done :) Still must do the barbecue though! Some time in Oct?
RickF - Aug 14, 2009 11:34 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
The "Milk Bottle" was everything that I anticipated...but getting up to and down from the summit pinnacle was more challenging than I expected. This was the third in our three peak traverse that included Polemonium & North Pal. We approached via the west chute from Palisade Basin and traversed from North Pal. We descend by multiple raps down the Starlight Chute. Safely summitting and descending was made possible through the team effort of my partners, Phil & Joe.
MarieP - Aug 11, 2009 4:09 pm
Traverse in a dayPalisades traverse from T-bolt to Sill
Blackmouth - Aug 10, 2009 8:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
Thunderbolt to Sill TraverseDay hiked the Thuderbolt to Sill Traverse in just over 20 hours. Started at South Lake and ended at the shuttle car at Glacier Lodge. Climbed with SPer's Forjan,Kevin Trieu,Dave S,Luis Gijon and Corey Harelson. Traversed from Thunderbolt to the "Milk Bottle". Topped out via a TR that was lead/set by Dave S. Great climbing Trip.
seano - Sep 5, 2008 2:03 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2008
From T-boltContinuing the traverse. Skipped the milk bottle because I thought I needed to hurry, so I'll have to come back.
ghoulwe4 - Sep 2, 2008 7:31 pm Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008
Up the NW RouteThree members of the Ghoulwe Mountaineering Club; Dave Johnson, John Wettstein & Daniel Guerrero climbed Starlight via the NW Chute - for Dave & John, the final Calif. 14er!