End of the exposed Black Face Pitch

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End of the exposed Black Face Pitch

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Starting up the Black Face, June 2011 (who brings a chalk bag alpine climbing?!?!?!)

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Grant Gerhard

Dec 20, 2012

“End of the exposed Black Face Pitch”

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View of the Exum Ridge from the Lower Saddle on the Grand Teton.

Some fellow climbers were nice enough to send me this photo of myself near the top of the black face pitch.

End of the exposed Black Face Pitch

Starting up the Black Face, June 2011 (who brings a chalk bag alpine climbing?!?!?!)

Jim LaRue leading the arete variation to pitch 6.

A view of the Petzolt with the famous "window pitch" from the Exum.

on the ridge

Robert Henderson starting the Black Face (p5)

Red is the correct approach ledge to the chimney of P1. Yellow is an alternative approach that adds 1/2 pitch.

I know of no better photo or topo that shows the route better than this one. There is a similar above, but this is more complete. All 6 pitches can be seen.

Following on the Black Face pitch.

Cue spotlight on the Full Exum Ridge

The Exum Ridge (sunlit ridge on the right). The Enclosure is the peak to the left, and the Upper Saddle is the saddle between them.

Top of pitch 1

Keen Butterworth ops for the harder direct option straight up the Black Face (5.10-?). Spectacular!

Just another photo of the Exum Ridge from the Lower Saddle. The Chockstone Chimney (pitch 1) can be seen near the bottom of the ridge at the sun/shade line between the main wall and the detached pinnacle.

Looking down p1, the chockstone chimney.

brendan levine on the black face, september 13, 2015

Finishing up the black face pitch

Warren discovering the awkward crack on pitch 6. I thought this was the crux of the route.

The direct black face variation to the Lower Exum Ridge. July 2013

The first pitch, where you can either follow the chimney on the left, or climb the face of the right as Warren is doing.

George Bell on the Black Face (pitch 5)

Looking at P3+P4

Middle Teton in the background after finishing pitch 2?? Very windy day!!

Warren at the start of the 3rd pitch.

Carl Page leading P3 face after the left leaning crack. It's easy to combine P3+4.

The lower saddle seen from The Moraines. As of 7/3/16 this was too sketchy for me and my partner as we didn't have crampons. We saw two people slide off near the high point of the snowy traverse the evening prior. Also, the fixed lines were not in - the ones from last year were in place (we believe) and looked very ratty.

Jim LaRue in P4 chimney.

Jonny on the Black Face. Photo by Brett Barrett.

Lower Exum Ridge

Freezing our asses off on the second pitch.

Pitch 4 chimney, June 2011

Looking down at the belay below the black face

another shot of the Black face pitch

The route above P2. Slabs, V-slot pitch, Black Face, climbers above the Black Face on the off-balance hand crack pitch.

Awkward P4 traverse below the V-Slot pitch

The uneven hand crack above the Black Face, just below Wall Street ledge.

The crimpy V-slot pitch before the Black Face