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 !

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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 !

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West Slabs from REI Parking lot

"Last wall" to the true summit

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“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 !”

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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 !

"Last wall" to the true summit

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.

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

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

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 great view overlooking east side of SLC

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.

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Belaying Amy from the top--the last pitch.

The down climb gully is just as fun.

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

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.

Last stretch

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