boyblue - Aug 12, 2009 11:46 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1987
Northeast Face
With Dave McLaughlin via North Fork of Tuttle Creek. Very unpleasant approach. Lots of bush-whacking, but a faint use trail can be followed if you are *very* observant. Expected water at our base camp at 9000 feet, but Tuttle was dry (subterranean). Had to descend back to a small spring at approx. 8000 feet to fill water bottles. Tuttle re-appears at approx. 11000 feet. The 2000 foot scree chute that leads to base of north face nearly killed us. The class 3 climbing on the peak, though, was fun and challenging.
bighornmonkey - Aug 10, 2009 10:42 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
up North face, down SW chute
Fun route, cold day.
seano - Aug 7, 2009 8:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009
NW chute from Meysan lake
Quite the talus slog above Meysan lake. The waterfall pitch was shorter than expected. Start of a Le Conte-Corcoran-Mallory-Irvine traverse.
Guilty - Aug 28, 2008 2:25 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008
Northwest Chute
Solo traverse from Malory, Irvine, and Candlelight. Descending the waterfall pitch was thrilling.
Steve Larson - Jun 8, 2008 1:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008
NW chute
This was my first big Sierra Peak in nine months after injuring my knee. I went with my friend Laura, who is new to quasi-technical Sierra peaks. It took us a lot longer than expected. We intended to do the NF, but by the time we got to the plateau (postholing near the end--ugh!) it was too late. So we did the NW chute. I gave Laura a TR on a short crack/chimney halfway up (good job Laura--your first roped climbing in the alpine!). Even taking an easier route, we ended up missing burgers at WPS when we got down. Oh well. Pizza in LP was a pretty good substitute.
lefty - Oct 25, 2007 12:19 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
very loose getting to the plateau, but afterwards it's fun third class.
kovarpa - Sep 5, 2007 12:11 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
North Face
Soloed North Face in about ten minutes, down via NW chute. Third peak of the day, dark clouds rolling in...
BranchWhitney - Sep 4, 2007 9:17 am Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007
Northwest chute
Route finding was easy. Waterfall pitch was interesting and I believe it should be rated class 4. We put a quick link around the webbing for descending the waterfall pitch. Great views from the summit.
MoabPeakBagger - Jun 9, 2007 8:34 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2006
not too shabby
Summitted via NW Chute. Waterfall Pitch was really not that bad.
Desert Solitaire - Sep 29, 2006 2:52 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006
Traverse from Corcoran
Fun scrambling on the traverse, which was *very* well ducked, by the way. No need for people to fuss around and suffer from "big air" - just follow the ducks for a nice climb. It was nice looking down on the waterfall pitch - didn't look too hard from the top.
uwjennie - Sep 28, 2006 1:26 am Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2006
climbed with Brian from UCLA on the way to Mallory; actually climbed twice, the first time "checking out" the route while he went back partly across the ridge of Peak 3985m on his way to see if he could find his harness and gear he lost...
asmrz - Jun 19, 2006 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
Via North Face I, 5.3, June 10th, 2006
Penelope May and I hiked the Meysan Lakes trail to the Upper Meysan Lake and next morning climbed the snow gully to the base of the North Face. Three vertical pitches of technical crack climbing on very good rock and a long traverse left put us on the summit. The problems started there. We elected to descent the East Ridge (class 3) and needed to rope up on 2 pitches of steep downclimbing to get to the access ramp. The ramp consists of easy 4th class slab but when covered by couple inches of snow, it represented a major problem. Two somewhat runout and insecure friction traverses (in mountain boots) got us back to the terra firma. A long descent down the 1500' of hardening snow gully followed. Reached our tent at 7:30 PM. The short (3 pitches) rock climb is suprisingly good climbing for the rating, 6-8 hexes and medium stoppers, 6 slings, we had 8mm rope. Great, early summer conditions. A lot of snow on the high peaks, somewhat more than one would expect for this time of year.
Route Climbed: NW Chute Date Climbed: September 10, 2005
Second peak of the day on my solo link-up of Mallory/LeConte/Lone Pine Peak. Left the Meysan trailhead at 5:00am. Summited Mallory at 10:01am, summited LeConte at 11:12am and finally Lone Pine Peak at 2:00pm. I agree with others that the waterfall pitch needs to be rated class 4 on the climber's left side and then class 5 the further right you go.
Route Climbed: NW Chute Date Climbed: July 22, 2005
The waterfall pitch seemed harder than some of the 5th class I've led. Traversed on to Corcoran afterwards (great beta from Eric and Bob made this fairly straightforward), and returned via Iridescent Lake/Arc Pass rather than repeat the traverse back to LeConte and downclimb (or fall down) the waterfall pitch. Dayhike out of the Meysan trailhead.
Route Climbed: North West Chute Date Climbed: July 22nd, 2005
Met up with Matthew Holliman and did LeConte. A long day for me as I was not feeling the greatest. Lost Matthew (or he lost me) early on. Not sure about the class 3 rating. Nice day out. Waterfall pitch was not as much as I had expected although I did a quick rap on the way down (left a piece of new webbing there). Great views all around. The only snow on the route was between Meysan lake and the LeConte Mallory saddle.
Route Climbed: Northwest Chute Date Climbed: June 20, 2004
Was a little concerned climbing up the waterfall pitch. Also had a problem with weather. Clouds had formed up over the summit but I hoped they wouldn't develop into a thunderstorm. When I reached the top (or very near) and poked my head up I heard a buzzing sound in my head and immediately knew what it meant. Before I could locate the summit register I descended slightly to ponder my next move. A moment later a crack of thunder confirmed my fear. The summit was charged up and this was not a good place to be. I descended slightly more and another crack of thunder convinced me it wasn't worth the risk to locate the register. After the second crack of thunder it started to hail and snow. I realized that this would make getting over the waterfall pitch even more difficult so I headed down as quickly as possible. As I feared, by the time I reached the waterfall pitch the hand and footholds (the few there are) were covered with snow and hail. By this time it was really unloading on me. Realizing things were only getting worse with every passing second I descended the waterfall pitch as quickly as possible and somehow managed not to slip and break a leg. Thanks to whoever left the webbing up there. I probably would have slipped without it. Fortunately, the rest of the descent was uneventful.
boyblue - Aug 12, 2009 11:46 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1987
Northeast FaceWith Dave McLaughlin via North Fork of Tuttle Creek. Very unpleasant approach. Lots of bush-whacking, but a faint use trail can be followed if you are *very* observant. Expected water at our base camp at 9000 feet, but Tuttle was dry (subterranean). Had to descend back to a small spring at approx. 8000 feet to fill water bottles. Tuttle re-appears at approx. 11000 feet. The 2000 foot scree chute that leads to base of north face nearly killed us. The class 3 climbing on the peak, though, was fun and challenging.
bighornmonkey - Aug 10, 2009 10:42 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
up North face, down SW chuteFun route, cold day.
seano - Aug 7, 2009 8:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009
NW chute from Meysan lakeQuite the talus slog above Meysan lake. The waterfall pitch was shorter than expected. Start of a Le Conte-Corcoran-Mallory-Irvine traverse.
Guilty - Aug 28, 2008 2:25 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008
Northwest ChuteSolo traverse from Malory, Irvine, and Candlelight. Descending the waterfall pitch was thrilling.
Steve Larson - Jun 8, 2008 1:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008
NW chuteThis was my first big Sierra Peak in nine months after injuring my knee. I went with my friend Laura, who is new to quasi-technical Sierra peaks. It took us a lot longer than expected. We intended to do the NF, but by the time we got to the plateau (postholing near the end--ugh!) it was too late. So we did the NW chute. I gave Laura a TR on a short crack/chimney halfway up (good job Laura--your first roped climbing in the alpine!). Even taking an easier route, we ended up missing burgers at WPS when we got down. Oh well. Pizza in LP was a pretty good substitute.
lefty - Oct 25, 2007 12:19 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
Waterfall PitchNo ice or water on the route.
tb00957 - Sep 5, 2007 1:43 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
northeast face/east aretevery loose getting to the plateau, but afterwards it's fun third class.
kovarpa - Sep 5, 2007 12:11 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
North FaceSoloed North Face in about ten minutes, down via NW chute. Third peak of the day, dark clouds rolling in...
BranchWhitney - Sep 4, 2007 9:17 am Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007
Northwest chuteRoute finding was easy. Waterfall pitch was interesting and I believe it should be rated class 4. We put a quick link around the webbing for descending the waterfall pitch. Great views from the summit.
MoabPeakBagger - Jun 9, 2007 8:34 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2006
not too shabbySummitted via NW Chute. Waterfall Pitch was really not that bad.
Desert Solitaire - Sep 29, 2006 2:52 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006
Traverse from CorcoranFun scrambling on the traverse, which was *very* well ducked, by the way. No need for people to fuss around and suffer from "big air" - just follow the ducks for a nice climb. It was nice looking down on the waterfall pitch - didn't look too hard from the top.
uwjennie - Sep 28, 2006 1:26 am Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2006
Traverse from CorcoranGreat day, but cold and windy.
physics - Jul 4, 2006 2:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
NW chuteclimbed with Brian from UCLA on the way to Mallory; actually climbed twice, the first time "checking out" the route while he went back partly across the ridge of Peak 3985m on his way to see if he could find his harness and gear he lost...
asmrz - Jun 19, 2006 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
Via North Face I, 5.3, June 10th, 2006Penelope May and I hiked the Meysan Lakes trail to the Upper Meysan Lake and next morning climbed the snow gully to the base of the North Face. Three vertical pitches of technical crack climbing on very good rock and a long traverse left put us on the summit. The problems started there. We elected to descent the East Ridge (class 3) and needed to rope up on 2 pitches of steep downclimbing to get to the access ramp. The ramp consists of easy 4th class slab but when covered by couple inches of snow, it represented a major problem. Two somewhat runout and insecure friction traverses (in mountain boots) got us back to the terra firma. A long descent down the 1500' of hardening snow gully followed. Reached our tent at 7:30 PM. The short (3 pitches) rock climb is suprisingly good climbing for the rating, 6-8 hexes and medium stoppers, 6 slings, we had 8mm rope. Great, early summer conditions. A lot of snow on the high peaks, somewhat more than one would expect for this time of year.
forjan - Sep 11, 2005 2:15 pm
Route Climbed: NW Chute Date Climbed: September 10, 2005Second peak of the day on my solo link-up of Mallory/LeConte/Lone Pine Peak. Left the Meysan trailhead at 5:00am. Summited Mallory at 10:01am, summited LeConte at 11:12am and finally Lone Pine Peak at 2:00pm. I agree with others that the waterfall pitch needs to be rated class 4 on the climber's left side and then class 5 the further right you go.
Matthew Holliman - Jul 25, 2005 8:30 pm
Route Climbed: NW Chute Date Climbed: July 22, 2005The waterfall pitch seemed harder than some of the 5th class I've led. Traversed on to Corcoran afterwards (great beta from Eric and Bob made this fairly straightforward), and returned via Iridescent Lake/Arc Pass rather than repeat the traverse back to LeConte and downclimb (or fall down) the waterfall pitch. Dayhike out of the Meysan trailhead.
awagher - Jul 23, 2005 4:18 am
Route Climbed: North West Chute Date Climbed: July 22nd, 2005Met up with Matthew Holliman and did LeConte. A long day for me as I was not feeling the greatest. Lost Matthew (or he lost me) early on. Not sure about the class 3 rating. Nice day out. Waterfall pitch was not as much as I had expected although I did a quick rap on the way down (left a piece of new webbing there). Great views all around. The only snow on the route was between Meysan lake and the LeConte Mallory saddle.
Bob Burd - Nov 21, 2004 10:53 pm
Route Climbed: Northwest Chute Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2004A Lone Pine - LeConte - Corcoran triple header, a very long and tiring 14hrs. Trip Report
Rick Kent - Jul 7, 2004 12:32 pm
Route Climbed: Northwest Chute Date Climbed: June 20, 2004Was a little concerned climbing up the waterfall pitch. Also had a problem with weather. Clouds had formed up over the summit but I hoped they wouldn't develop into a thunderstorm. When I reached the top (or very near) and poked my head up I heard a buzzing sound in my head and immediately knew what it meant. Before I could locate the summit register I descended slightly to ponder my next move. A moment later a crack of thunder confirmed my fear. The summit was charged up and this was not a good place to be. I descended slightly more and another crack of thunder convinced me it wasn't worth the risk to locate the register. After the second crack of thunder it started to hail and snow. I realized that this would make getting over the waterfall pitch even more difficult so I headed down as quickly as possible. As I feared, by the time I reached the waterfall pitch the hand and footholds (the few there are) were covered with snow and hail. By this time it was really unloading on me. Realizing things were only getting worse with every passing second I descended the waterfall pitch as quickly as possible and somehow managed not to slip and break a leg. Thanks to whoever left the webbing up there. I probably would have slipped without it. Fortunately, the rest of the descent was uneventful.
Shano - May 24, 2004 11:26 am
Route Climbed: East Gully Date Climbed: 22May 2004ascent via the East Chute ("The Laughing Dolphin") from Tuttle Creek.
Fairly straightforward with the exception of passing the chockstone which was a huge ice cube underneath. A rope and a partner would have been nice!