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Southwest arete 

Southwest arete 

5.10a

   

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Type: Trad, Alpine
Consensus: 5.10a/b [details]
Length: 7 pitches, Grade IV
Season: summer
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Submitted By: jon jugenheimer on Aug 22, 2007


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joe mucci leading on pitch 2. the wall of East Tem...


Description 

hike up to the base of the spire on the southwest side of it by following a system of grassy ledges from below. the route is described in the "Hiking and climbing in the Winds...." very well (plus the sense of adventure). The route follows the ridge and the face to the right of it all the way up. One crux is on the second pitch and the other crux is up high, before the chimney pitch, depending on what path you choose on pitch 5/6. you can get down in 5 raps with two ropes (highly recommended)


Protection 

standard alpine rack, we found small stuff very usefull (C3's) up to a number 3 C4



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I'm following the second pitch. you can see the grassy approach ledges to get to the base of the route below center, and the first pitch starts on the broken rubble left of me.

I'm following the second pitch. you can see the gr...

Myself and joe mucci, looking at the camera, with the camera looking up the route. photo by some guy named dave, we never liked him all that much....

Myself and joe mucci, looking at the camera, with ...

Joe leading pitch 3

Joe leading pitch 3

Joe on belay, with deep lake directly behind him

Joe on belay, with deep lake directly behind him

The three of us on top, myself, dave and joe. You can see the nasty weather rolling in to catch us on the way down.

The three of us on top, myself, dave and joe. You...

Southwest Arete - corners galore!

Southwest Arete - corners galore!

Dave happy after crux #1 on pitch 2.

Dave happy after crux #1 on pitch 2.


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By Stan Pitcher
From: SLC, UT
Aug 13, 2008
rating: 5.10

Great Route! One note on the descent. With two ropes, the first rap gets you to an anchor below the chimmney. The second rap angles a bit to the west, to a ledge with another anchor (not on route). On the 3rd rap, we ended up dropping a full 60m to a ledge without established anchors. We ended up traversing the ledge (4th class) west to the top of the second pitch.