Moving along towards summit of the Mtn. (we may have stayed too high too long, apparently you can traverse to the right of the ridge crest and get to the final "cut" (gully) more easily than staying high)

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Moving along towards summit of the Mtn. (we may have stayed too high too long, apparently you can traverse to the right of the ridge crest and get to the final "cut" (gully) more easily than staying high)

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The top of the West Slabs. This pic is looking up the easier rock that we did unroped after 10 pitches. Probably about 2 pitches left worth of rock.

The low point of the West Slabs where the climbing begins...

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Robert Hall

Feb 23, 2018

“Moving along towards summit of the Mtn. (we may have stayed too high too long, apparently you can traverse to the right of the ridge crest and get to the final "cut" (gully) more easily than staying high)”

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North summit - 11/3/2010

Hazy view of the valley from the top of the west slabs

This is the route I took to reach the south summit and hike down the trail.

Rachel on the West Slabs

On the face

Rattler on the summit. Watch where you drop your rack!

2007- ponytail intact and all. One of my earliest climbs (Photo by Charlie Stoker)

Ian and Greg

2007- On the slabs--One of my earliest climbs (note the ponytail)

West Slabs from REI Parking lot

Sheila, Jen & Max top out

Bob, Sheila, Jen & Max on the summit, 2005. We stayed on the ridge crest and came down the rock behind and right of Max; apparently it's easier to traverse to the left of Bob !

Jen & Sheila approaching base

Starting the hike in

"Last wall" to the true summit

Jess and Danny on West Slabs

Tony Tuttle cruisin the West Slab, somewhere around pitch3-4. Photo by Cmurdock

The down climb gully is just as fun.

Halston going for the thin section.

Looking up the descent gully. We descended the gully in 4 tree single-rope rappels (2 of the trees had slings). I am taking the picture at which point you have to decide to descend down the brushy way (west) or down the way you hike up.

Craig Gueck at the belay station on top of pitch 2. The dihedral above him is the well protected pitch 3.

Last stretch

Half way up

Shivers (Lucas Johnson) on the summit of Mt. Olympus via the West Slabs

Craig Gueck following pitch 2. The tree in the center is the belay for pitch 1.

the great view overlooking east side of SLC

Belaying Amy from the top--the last pitch.

The third tree rappel down the gulley. Difficult to see, but the bottom of the descent gulley is at the top of the picture.

The summit ridge leading up to Mount Olympus. A rewarding view if you choose to go this way. I think this is Geurt's Ridge?

The top of the West Slabs. This pic is looking up the easier rock that we did unroped after 10 pitches. Probably about 2 pitches left worth of rock.

Moving along towards summit of the Mtn. (we may have stayed too high too long, apparently you can traverse to the right of the ridge crest and get to the final "cut" (gully) more easily than staying high)

The low point of the West Slabs where the climbing begins...

The view from a pitch up. This is taken from the tree belay mentioned on top of pitch 1.

The descent: I found the gulley from the top of the ridge to the saddle (between the two drainages) to be the trickiest part. From the saddle you can bushwack the drainage (the right gulley in the pic) or hike down the drainage to the begining of the climb.