East Arete 3rd
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, Grade II |
| Consensus: | 3rd [details] |
| FA: | Norman Clyde - June 1926 |
| Submitted By: | Chris Owen on Mar 6, 2006 |
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Steve Larson on East Ridge of Russell. Does this l...
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Description Day 1, hike from Whitney Portal to camp at Upper Boy Scout Lake.
Day 2 Do climb.
Day 3 Hike back to Whitney Portal.
Ascend the scree slope north of the lake to the Russell-Carillon Col. Head West up the ridge, keeping to the right where necessary to reach the East summit of Russell. Traverse the summit ridge, mostly on the right until reaching the West summit.
Location Descend back down the East Ridge and scree to Upper Boy Scout Lake.
Protection Can be soloed.
Chris Owen on the East Ridge. Joe O'Connor - Octob...
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Owen on the summit of Russell. Great Western Divid...
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Jeff Crow descending the East Ridge.
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The East Arete and North face of Mt Russell, seen ...
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Summit of Mt Russell after climbing the East Arete...
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Duke on the East Arete of Russell
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Duke is the tiny speck towards the right. This is ...
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Good exposure looking off the north side of the Ea...
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Looking down the East Ridge from near the east sum...
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Russell, Tulainyo Lake, and Carillon from the East...
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Mount Whitney from the East Ridge of Russell. Not...
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On the way to the East Summit via the East Ridge. ...
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Ryan on the ridge, roughly halfway to the summit
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View from the east summit
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Approaching Upper Boy Scout Lake
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By Tavis Ricksecker
From: Bishop, ca
Jul 13, 2007
| More accurate description of how most people do the route might be:
Day 1, hike past upper Boyscout Lake, do route, and descend back to car.
It's actually pretty mellow done in a day. |
By Chris Owen
Administrator
From: La Crescenta and Big Bear Lake
Dec 7, 2007
| Speak for yourself Tavis. IMHO, people who do car-to-car just don't like being in the mountains, but hey, I'm an old-timer. |
By Tavis Ricksecker
From: Bishop, ca
Apr 5, 2008
| You make a good point that the camping up there is very nice. I just meant that doing it car-to-car is by no means exceptionally difficult or overly exhausting. |
By Dennis
Jul 22, 2008
| Duke and myself descended down the East Arete after climbing Fishhook. If you camp at upper boy scout, the descent brings you right by camp on your way out back to the car.
Great way to get in two different routes in a day. Fun and exposed, definitely soloable. |
By Chris Owen
Administrator
From: La Crescenta and Big Bear Lake
Oct 1, 2008
| What's this obsession with cars ;-) ? |
By Sam Page
From: Orange County, CA
Nov 15, 2009
| Climbed this route in 14+ hours car-to-car in October 2009. Here is the trip report |
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