Composite image taken from near the top of the Frigid Air Buttress, showing "The Maze" and Bridge Mountain on the skyline.

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Composite image taken from near the top of the Frigid Air Buttress, showing "The Maze" and Bridge Mountain on the skyline.

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Bridge Mountain NE Arete

The bridge on our decent!

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George Bell

May 7, 2004

“Composite image taken from near the top of the Frigid Air Buttress, showing "The Maze" and Bridge Mountain on the skyline.”

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The bridge

Looking down the first pitch just as the sun comes up. Nowhere in the world we'd rather be. The Maze is in the shadowed canyon below the route--looks like a place orcs would live.

Bridge Mountain from the loop road showing some possible approches. Photo taken by Jeff McCoy.

Bridge Mt. NE Arete

Bridge Mountain from the Rocky Gap approach. The Hidden Forest lies in the gap on the north side of the peak.

For added adventure we approached through Pine Creek the afternoon before and bivied about 300 yards west of the start of the route on a ledge with a stunning view. Somebody wasn't all the excited to see 5:00 a.m. roll around!

Bridge Mountain NE Arete

Composite image taken from near the top of the Frigid Air Buttress, showing "The Maze" and Bridge Mountain on the skyline.

The bridge on our decent!

Looking back at the approach from Rocky Gap. The standard route follows the neck of rock.

Willow Springs to Bridge Mtn and Back

Richard Baugh on the Second Pitch of the Northeast Arete. Photo by Josh Owen.

Josh Owen leading on the Northeast Arete.

Approaching the top of NE Arete pitch 3.

If you approach from Pine Creek you will eventually contour around from the west to get to the start of the arete, at the same elevation as the start of the arete (it's pretty obvious, if a little devious). When you reach the tiny forest below the east face, scramble up the front of this little buttress, then traverse about 200 feet right to the base of the first pitch. In this image, the NE Arete is basically the right skyline.

Josh Owen on the Northeast Arete.

This is the view into the Hidden Forest from somewhere on the third pitch of the NE Arete. This is just a magical place...

This photo shows how low angle the northeast arete is in the top center.

NE Arete via Pine Creek Canyon. Long hike in and out with lots of vertical and highs in the 90s. First water on the way down, at the very head of the canyon: ahhhhh.....

Bridge Mountain from the north. The route is just out of view on the left hand side. This is not on the standard approach.

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