South West Ridge  5.8 M4 Steep Snow

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Type:  Mixed, Snow, Alpine, 4100 feet, Grade VI Consensus:  5.8 M4-5 [details] FA:  Niklaus Lotscher and Heinz Alleman, 1968 Season:  March through May Submitted By:  Chris Sheridan on Jul 22, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

The Southwest ridge of peak 11,300. Photo by Andy...

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Description 

This classic route deserves a spot on every aspiring alpine climbers To Do list. The ridge offers sustained moderate difficulty with over 4000 ft of vertical rise in an amazing setting. The rock quality is generally good and objective danger acceptably low.

Protection 

An alpine rock rack and pickets. A small selection of ice screws may be needed but most climbing is on snow or rock.

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Ty Cook high on the Southwest Ridge of Peak 11,300...	Chris Sheridan and Ty Cook following easier terain...	Andy Grauch midway through the first rock band wit...
Ty Cook leading one of the crux rock section on th...	Andy following	Andy lovin' life
BETA PHOTO: The thin man squeeze	Me at the first col with Huntington in the backgro...	Taken from around the same spot as the Puryear gui...