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DescriptionThis was an ascent of the NW Face / NW Couloir of Storm Mountain. When we did it, all the attention had been on the relatively popular East Face of Storm Mountain Getting TherePark near the electric /pump house in Big Cottonwood Canyon and start bush whacking. We never found a trail, THEN? Approach time to base of face is about 1.5 hours. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Storm Mountain:
North East Face, Regular Route 5.6 WI2 Mod. Snow Trad, Ice, Snow, 5 pitches, 3100 feet, Grade IV
NW Face: Above The Sleeping City 5.7+ M1 Mod. Snow R Trad, Mixed, Snow, 10 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III
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North East Face, Regular Route 5.6 WI2 Mod. Snow UT : Wasatch Range : ... : Storm Mountain
This was a popular alpine jaunt in the 70's for aspiring alpinists . The climbing is quite moderate, and if you're confident you won't need to rope up much. If you climb this in the dead of winter, plan on a FULL DAY, because of deep snow in places. If you can time it during a cold spell in early Spring, you'll be front-pointing up the frozen snow, then you could summit before noon...these are ideal conditions and the climbing is CLASSIC!From Stairs gulch, ascend steep snow gullies, mixed with i...[more] Browse More Classics in UT |