Dave Walters above the 'Pipe' pitch on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980

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Dave Walters above the 'Pipe' pitch on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980

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Bottom Section - W-G Ridge

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Peter Cole

Jan 17, 2020

“Dave Walters above the 'Pipe' pitch on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980”

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Exposure anyone... looking about 400 feet down from the pipe pitch crux...

Another beta of the route...

Just a perfect September afternoon in New England!

Dave Walters just below the 'Pipe' on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980.

The Whitney Gilman Ridge, Cannon, NH.

The normal (5.7) route is the green line... follow the red short cuts for a more direct and slightly harder route (5.8 and 5.9 variations)...<br>
large file, zoom in for detail...

Johanna

Matt Ritter Belaying on Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

Matt Ritter Leading up the 3rd pitch<br>

Leading the "Pipe Pitch" in the "good old days" of vibram boots and pitons-and-hammer protection. Circa 1968, photo by the late Ed Nester

Shot of the arete

Dave Walters above the 'Pipe' pitch on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980

Bottom Section - W-G Ridge

Top Section W-G Ridge

Nice exposure on this one

The Correct W-G "UP" trail

The approach to the WG. Not too hard to spot the line, eh?

Full view of the Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

High-stepping into P2.

Upper Middle section W-G Ridge

Looking down on the pipe pitch

The 5.8 Alternate pitch. Leader is just above the "pipe" pitch, while the 2nd is climbing, she is just above the 2" jamcrack.

Middle Section W-G Ridge

Mariann having fun on the direct finish of the Whitney Gilman Ridge

GT Luke leading the 5.8 crack variation.

The Pipe Pitch

At the base of Whitney Gilman Ridge <br>

The approach to the Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

Whitney Gilman route

coming up the 3rd pitch. exposed!

Clouds moving in on Whitney Gilman

The Whitney Gilman Ridge as seen from Moby Grape.

Climbers On the 5.8 variation

The pipe

Hannah above the 5.8 crack variation. I hand traversed left just before the crux of the pipe pitch and found (as always) a phenomenal belay ledge.

Blasting off on pitch 3

W-G

Looking up at the talus field approach to Whitney Gilman. Photo by JH.

The W-G DOWN trail at the intersection with the bike path

Top of pitch 3

Myself on top (5-8) variation 2nd pitch. Craig Young photographer, 2002

catching a nice stem while enjoying the sweet splitter crack on the WG

Coming up on P2. I'm just a tiny speck on a big mountain!

Matt Bacalakis climbing up Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

here im up high on the 5.8 variation... just below me is a bunch of steep loose flakes that you just need to weave your way through...

beautiful day on cannon!

Photo looking down on the last pitch (5.8 variant) of the Whitney Gilman ridge in November.

Last pitch: couple of 5.7 moves in the inside corner put you on a razor-sharp fin arete followed by an airy traverse to the left. From there choose your line left (easier) or right (harder).

Andrew Kaplan topping out in 41st anniversary reclimb.

Exposure on the WG

Pitch 5 corner. With Cathedral Mtn Guides

I had the honor of giving beta and belaying Tom while he climbed the Pipe Pitch! He's only 14 yrs old but he climbed it like a boss!

Jon Sykes emerging from the crux pipe pitch on a springtime romp up the W-G. Photo by Jamie Cunningham. Buy the Guidebook: https://www.eaglecliffpub.com/

Remnants of an old cam can be seen in the middle of the picture. Taken at the beginning of pitch 2.

Start of first pitch direct variation. Detailed beta in trip report here: http://nealpinestart.com/2015/11/05/the-whitney-gilman-ridge-cannon-cliff-11415/

Just above the Crux Pipe Pitch

NOT the W-G trail...this goes "nowhere". The Moby Grape trail leaves from one of those paved picnic areas along the side.

Climbers on the 5.8 "Higher Exposure" Variation

Eric on WG in winter, Fafnir in the background.

Camera phone time