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East Ridge
4th YDS 1 French 2 Ewbanks I UIAA 2 ZA M 1b British Mod. Snow
Avg: 2.3 from 6
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Routes in East Buttress
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Astro Turf T M4-5 |
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Butterfingers T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b M4 |
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Central Couloir Right T M2 |
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Coconut Bliss M4-5 |
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Dairy Lite M4 |
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East Ridge 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b Mod. Snow |
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Left of Cleft 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c M4 Steep Snow |
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No. 1 Gully M4 |
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No. 2 Gully M3-4 |
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Steeplechase T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a M4 Easy Snow |
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Tastee Freeze M4 |
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| Type: | Snow, Alpine |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 4,316 total · 19/month |
| Shared By: | Kurt Johnson on Nov 2, 2006 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
This is a fun way up Hallett, especially when covered with snow. The first section, the gully just left (south) of Emerald Lake is an enjoyable moderate snow climb or ski descent, and a good, though shorter, alternative to Flattop's famous couloirs on busy or south-facing heat-induced avalanche days.
If you decide to do the entire East Ridge, from the top of the gully head west just below the south-facing cliffs, encountering a few 4th Class sections, until you get to the the middle of another snow gully (Chaos Couloir). Head up this couloir (similar climbing as the first one) and, from the top, make your way along the broad, low-angled east ridge toward the summit snowfield. Get out your ice axe again for this final short snow slope which takes you to the relatively snow-free summit.
Scramble northeast toward Tyndall Glacier, and either descend that down Tyndall Gorge and back to Emerald Lake, or take the Flattop Trail.
If you decide to do the entire East Ridge, from the top of the gully head west just below the south-facing cliffs, encountering a few 4th Class sections, until you get to the the middle of another snow gully (Chaos Couloir). Head up this couloir (similar climbing as the first one) and, from the top, make your way along the broad, low-angled east ridge toward the summit snowfield. Get out your ice axe again for this final short snow slope which takes you to the relatively snow-free summit.
Scramble northeast toward Tyndall Glacier, and either descend that down Tyndall Gorge and back to Emerald Lake, or take the Flattop Trail.
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