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Kichatna Spires
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Hi. I am having a hard time finding info for the main peak of Kichatna Spires. The idea is to climb by the easiest route. Is the the north ridge? What grade is it? Where can I find info? |
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You should try doing a little research on your own. You could probably answer your own questions. |
fjellfant wrote:Hi. I am having a hard time finding info for the main peak of Kichatna Spires. The idea is to climb by the easiest route. Is the the north ridge? What grade is it? Where can I find info? Also I wonder how to get there. What city to start from? When to climb, april-may? Are there any guidebooks for this region? I also wonder how to get to for example Mooses Tooth. What city to start from.Seriously? bfy.tw/3zZr bfy.tw/3zZw |
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No shit Sherlock? Of course I have tried to google, but its quite tricky to find all the info I want. I know now what city to start from etc. But I still can`t find info of the grades on f.eks. north ridge of Kichatna Spire. Or what guidebook that goes for these mountains. If you have any info pleace just answer or don`t and stop being such comedians! |
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Let's see...I want to climb a peak that I know nothing about, don't know how to get to, or what I can/should climb, presuming I can find my way to the base. Good plan. |
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AAC Journal and the AAC library...burn the midnight oil doing some research. |
fjellfant wrote:No shit Sherlock? Of course I have tried to google, but its quite tricky to find all the info I want. I know now what city to start from etc. But I still can`t find info of the grades on f.eks. north ridge of Kichatna Spire. Or what guidebook that goes for these mountains. If you have any info pleace just answer or don`t and stop being such comedians!Instead of getting butthurt, maybe actually look at some of the links returned by Google, like the SummitPost entry for the Alaska Range. And maybe on that page click on the OTHER RESOURCES link: summitpost.org/alaska-range… This is basic research 101 that, had you done so, probably wouldn't have resulted in the snarky responses. |
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Ok, lets bury the battleaxes. Thanks for the help. I din not see that one. |
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That kind of initiative and resourcefulness will get you up many a gnarly peak in Alaska. |
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No, it will not get me up any gnarly peaks. Nor will skills in this crazy cyberworld. My skills in the mountains however might get me up. Anyway, now I have the info I need to climb this peak fabled to be North-Americas hardest. |
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For sure none of them has not been there! Those kind of sarcastic and "funny" answers are not written by fellow explorers, but rather of people who like to spend their time discussing and arguing on internet forums. I have however gotten beta to Kichatna Mountains from the American Alpine Club in an email. Info for all the other mountains in Alaska are on supertopo. Here is some info of Kichatna: The two hardest peaks are of equal difficulty; the highest Kichatna Spire, and the second highest; Middle Triple Peak. The easiest routes up are the north ridge reached from eastfacing coloirs, on both mountains. Both of same difficulty. Quite technical, but possible to do in one push, or in two from a camp at the col under the ridges. Both peaks is also reached from Shadow Glacier, but Middle Triple Peak however is hard to acess as you have to cross a mountain pass on foot. Kichatna Spire has easy access as it lies right beside where the plane can land. The area itself is little explored and has tons of high quality mix, alpineice and tradroutes. There is however climbed two high quality routes just beside Kichatna Spire, on The Citadel from Shadow Glacier; google Hypa Zypa Coloir and Super Dupa Colouir. Here are some links of some beta and map for the area in general: |
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Thanks for the journey. I found this epic in my oogle: |
