New big scramble in the Southeast

For folks who are looking for something a bit different and not scared of some wet and bushwhacking, I wrote up details on scrambling Left Wishbone in the warmer months here:

mountainproject.com/v/left-…

If you can get over the 400' of rock hopping on the approach and the 300' bushwhack at the top, it's a very fun and worthy outing for someone looking for an alpine-y choss experience in the Southeast. Kind of like a wet version of the Death Slabs below Half Dome. At least 1600 feet of steep rock hiking and scrambling.

nice! thanks for posting this up.

Sick, going add this to my growing list of hikes/climbs!

Thanks for sharing!! Looks like something I need to put on the list.

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing Brian

That looks amazing!! Thanks!!

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for posting this great discription! I’m in town for a few days for thxgiving and wanted to see if anyone knew what the conditions were for the scramble? 

Funny that you ask today. I took this photo at noon today, as it’s the first time Celo Knob has looked sorta wintery this year. I would imagine you’d encounter shitty verglas on some of the upper sections this week

Brian Abram wrote:

Funny that you ask today. I took this photo at noon today, as it’s the first time Celo Knob has looked sorta wintery this year. I would imagine you’d encounter shitty verglas on some of the upper sections this week

A friend and I where just talking about doing this scramble. What' the chances of getting on it this season before it ices over? 

The weather forecast for the next couple weeks is absurdly dry. Here’s a weather station near the base:

So maybe. But it seeps most of the time and it’ll be colder at the start of it 1000 feet higher than this station and much colder nearer the top. But it does get dryer the higher you go. Go try it and see what you find

Thank you for the update. Maybe I’ll bring some microspikes if I head up

Never mind that. What are the chances it's gonna form up with fat ice!

I went up the scramble yesterday, super fun route. Thanks Brian for the perfect description. I had no issues finding the slabs. It was pretty wet and had to bushwack a lot of it. I'm def gonna come back in warmer temps to run up it again. Here's an idea of what 90% of the route was like

Colder temps. Freeze baby freeze