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Higher Grounds

Name: Higher Grounds
Rating: 2.0

AI4 M4

Routes in Reids Peak Ice

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	98 Pounds T M6 PG13
	Bathos T M4-
	Golden Spike T WI4 M4 R
	Higher Grounds T AI4 M4
	Marvell Route M5 R
	One Who Knocks, The T WI6 M5 R
	Rainbow Frontier T M5
	Root Canal T AI3-4 M4
	Scum Couloir T WI4+
	Southeast Ridge (direct) T 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b X
	Sub-Elite All-Arounder T M3
	Sunshine Chimney T M4 R

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Type:	Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine, 500 ft (152 m), 3 pitches, Grade II
GPS:	40.70512, -110.91013
FA:	Unknown, likely Jim Clarke, Madison Goodman ca. 2017
Page Views:	855 total · 11/month
Shared By:	Derek DeBruin on Nov 26, 2019
Admins:	Jim Clarke, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

Named in honor of the late alpinists Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson.

Starts as described for "Sunshine Chimney" (https://www.mountainproject.com/route/118090799/sunshine-chimney). From top of Pitch 2:

Head up and left toward a large lone conifer tree, moving left across the ledge system to the next snowy weakness. Up this gully system, aiming for a short pitch of ice above just below the ridgeline.

Descent:
From the ridge, head down a short distance to the other (SW) side of the ridge, then head southeast/left toward the saddle between Reids Peak and Bald Mountain. Descend the slope to the northeast out of the saddle back to the base of the routes.

Location

Can approach from Pass Lake Trailhead or the shoulder pullout just north of Mirror Lake Campground entrance on Hwy 150. Located on the northeast facing terrain to looker's right of the saddle between Reids Peak and Bald Mountain Pass. Begins in a chimney system just left of Scum Couloir and a few hundred feet right of Golden Spike/The One Who Knocks.