Type: Trad, Alpine, 3 pitches, Grade II
GPS: 48.68799, -116.64632
FA: Don Bergman & Others, August,1956
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Romp up the clean, white granite on the South Face of Harrison peak that travels up the obvious large weakness of the face.

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On the South Face of Harrison Peak, heading up the right side of a white granite streak. The crux layback is obvious at the top.

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Single rack .3-3 with doubles of .3-.75. Nuts.

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climber topping out the crux section on the third pitch.
climber topping out the crux section on the thi…
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Looking down on the third pitch corner from the top of the Standard Route. The Keystone route is seen at the top right of the frame.
Looking down on the third pitch corner from the…
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From the Frank Hefferlin Albums curated by the Spokane Mountaineers. Courtesy of historian, Chic Burge. <br> <br> I believe paragraph two references what became "The High Traverse.
From the Frank Hefferlin Albums curated by the…
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The route goes up the obvious corner/crack system in the middle into the shaded area. We climbed where the dark rock meets the light rock, then up to the right.
The route goes up the obvious corner/crack syst…
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Crux on the standard route. You can stand on a ledge to place the 0.50" cam and then step up stemming to place the #2. When you pull over this via lay backs there is a 2nd less strenuous layback that protects the finish.
Crux on the standard route. You can stand on a…
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South face of Harrison Peak - Standard Route
South face of Harrison Peak - Standard Route
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Crux Pitch 8/10/22
Crux Pitch 8/10/22
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Photo taken from top of pitch one. Don't end up on the ledge like we did - it required a slightly dicey traverse to get back on route.
Photo taken from top of pitch one. Don't end up…
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Belay stance at the top of pitch 2.
Belay stance at the top of pitch 2.
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Topping out at sunset above the Selkirk Crest.
Topping out at sunset above the Selkirk Crest.
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Perched on the summit with a lot of air beneath.
Perched on the summit with a lot of air beneath.
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View of the 3rd pitch. We climbed up towards the straight splitter crack in the center of the photo (looks very small from here), passing a piton on our left, before traversing left into the notch.
View of the 3rd pitch. We climbed up towards th…
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