West Ridge Proper

This is an 1200ft extension of New Ewe to the Nagunt Mesa ridge summit.

From the summit of Nugget Mesa, walk shortly west until you cliff out. From here 30ft down the slabs, one bolt anchor protects the first 200ft rappel down the blank face (recommended to bring a hand drilling kit to backup that anchor.) Warning ***After this rappel, you will not be able to rappel back down New Ewe and will be required to descend the West Ridge descent ***

At the bottom of this rappel, leave one of your two 70m ropes and one of your racks to lighten the load.  Only a single rack from .2 to 3 and a single 70m will be needed from here until descent. 

 From here traverse the lower saddle making one 50ft rappel and occasional downclimbing to the base of ridge proper. From the base,1000 feet of climbing remains. Find the path of least resistance, occasionally climbing portions that may warrant roping up. The West Ridge is a constant flow of exposed 4th to low 5th class climbing. Most if not all can be soloed but will vary on party's comfort level with choss and soloing. No climbing should exceed 5.6 climbing excluding the bombay.

Halfway up the ridge you will encounter (the 5.8+R) a 10ft crack that leads to a short unprotectable bombay chimney and finishes out on slabs to the left. 80ft

 The final quarter of the route should lighten into 3rd class up to the ridge's summit that lies near the Nagunt's Mesa plateau. This is the highest point of the actual mountain.

Note: At the ridge summit is where you will turn around. The official summit mesa is an RNA and therefore illegal to enter. 

This route is very adventurous, a long day, and alpine styled and therefore should be taken seriously.

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Descent: reverse route and descend off the south side of the southern ridge that is the closest to Timber top mountain. Find a series of continuous ledges and bushes to rappel. If not straightforward, you may risk cliffing out. 

Climb New Ewe to the top of Nugget Mesa. After one long rappel, the route begins. Travel eastward to most direct west facing ridge leading up to the Nagunt Mesa summit. 

The protection required for New Ewe​​​.
West Ridge Proper rack: single .2 to 3
one 70m for ascent, two 70m ropes for descent.