| Type: | Ice, Alpine, 400 ft (121 m), 3 pitches, Grade III |
| GPS: | 43.73609, -110.80081 |
| FA: | Steve Shea and David Beashears, 1979 |
| Page Views: | 660 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | KeithS on Dec 1, 2020 |
| Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
Description
We (Sean O'Rourke and I) climbed the route (June 12th, 2012) in 3 pitches gaining the ice on pitch one via some easy mixed ground, traversing in from the right. The initial steep curtain was thin and very hollow. The ice following the traverse was very candled and finding good gear required excavating through 6" of rotten ice and snow. The second pitch climbed through a steep corner on more rotten, candled ice utilizing the rock on the left wall to stem. We belayed at the base of a snowfield then one more pitch of snow and ice (WI 3ish) to the Black Dike and Teepe Col. Here, we watched a massive point release avalanche rip over the East Face of the Grand. We descended down Teepe Glacier and did not take the route to the top of any features.



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