At the start of the ridge traverse, where most other routes top out around 9AM on a Tuesday, not another soul in sight!

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At the start of the ridge traverse, where most other routes top out around 9AM on a Tuesday, not another soul in sight!

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Cool tunnel through a gendarme

Me going up one of the tricker sections of the traverse (the majority of it is easy scrambling)

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Emily Cheng

Nov 20, 2018

“At the start of the ridge traverse, where most other routes top out around 9AM on a Tuesday, not another soul in sight!”

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The ridge traverse as viewed from Emerald Bay

A "choose your own adventure" ridge climb where you can take it easy by going left or right, or spice it up on the ridge.

Cool tunnel through a gendarme

At the start of the ridge traverse, where most other routes top out around 9AM on a Tuesday, not another soul in sight!

Me going up one of the tricker sections of the traverse (the majority of it is easy scrambling)

Little exposure

Cool triangular summit a little over half way through the climb

Diving board

Choose your own adventure with optional spicy bits

My first solo! Stunning views of Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe

On top of the pillar (2 bolts)

Me looking down from the neat "diving board" feature that you encounter before reaching the pillar summit block on the Eagle Lake Buttress Traverse

Looking up at the crux pillar.

Looking back from the end of the traverse. Or the beginning if you start from the other side. The pillar in the middle has the bolted face. Looks between 5.6 to 5.9 face climbing.

Looking at the ridge from below

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