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Knife Point Climbing

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Elevation: 12,545 ft
GPS: 37.64, -107.595 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By: Matthias Holladay on Dec 2, 2010
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac

Description [Suggest Change]

This is the obvious, pyramidal peak near the head of the Noname drainage.

Getting There [Suggest Change]

The quickest approach is from Needleton; hike up river and turn up Noname.

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Knife Point close up.... Alright somebody...put a route on this, and if it's within my abilities, I'll go for the 2nd ascent.
Knife Point close up.... Alright somebody...put…
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Knife Point (R) and unnamed point (L) at sunset.
Knife Point (R) and unnamed point (L) at sunset.
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Knife Point and neighboring peak.
Knife Point and neighboring peak.
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The peak north of Knife Point has good rock.
The peak north of Knife Point has good rock.
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West face from upper Noname drainage at sunset. We saw noone in this entire drainage the entire time.<br> <br> The 5.10 heads up this side. The normal route heads up grassy ledges to the lefthand notch then around the backside.
West face from upper Noname drainage at sunset.…
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Jed Alan
Jed Alan  
I wandered through the Needles with my dog last summer from Molas Pass, up into Vestal and Storm King Basins then south by Lake Silex, staying as high as I could and scrambling on peaks here and there. I dropped into the head of Noname Creek from a notch just north of Jagged Peak and looked at these peaks. I couldn't help but think that the cluster of numbered and named peaks around the heads of Noname and Ruby basins are some of the most spectacular, jagged, high elevation rock formations in the Rockies (in the Rockies of the continental U.S. that is). The best looking rock I saw was probably right there where the above pictures were taken. But the fact that it looked good doesn't mean it is...I discovered that on some of my scrambles. Jun 24, 2013

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