In the “route” section right after you reach Bingley Gap you have East and West mixed up in reference to Spring Mtn. and the ridge. Just wanted to let you know.
By the way, is Spring Mountain worthwhile enough to have a page of its own? I’ve never been there
Thank you for this correction. Unfortunately it's not the first time that I've gotten my directions crossed in haste. As far as Spring goes, that was my original objective and when it didn't work out I decided to try for Zi iob. Spring is definitely worthy of a page. We followed the ridge top until it became too technical. I later found out that we should have traverse on the steep south side below the cliffy section.
I see that you have done a lot of the peaks that I like and also a few I plan to do in the future. How did you like Larrabee? One more question. I noticed that some of your Baker photos were from an OC trip. Do you work for them? I used to guide Baker trips for the OC a couple years ago.
Larrabee was great, I have always wanted to do it but i was never able to drive all the way to twin lakes cause i had a car, just this year i got an SUV, so that was the first place i went. the hike in is really short so the trip feels like its all climb, its great.
In regards to my Baker climb in '08 i just went on an OC trip, i would have loved to work there when i was a student but i didnt have enough experience to be a guide.
I looked Spring mountan up in the Beckey guide, amazingly he didnt mention it! this is the first time i have ever not been able to find at least the mention of a peak by Beckey. do you have any idea what kind of rating the climb would be? im pretty much limited to class 3, maybe 4 if i had a partner, but i would be interested in Spring.
The correct route will not exceed class 3. I have a friend who did it about ten years ago. He goes by the name of magellan here and on nwhikers.net. I asked him for details about the route but he doesn't recall the finer details. You might find these two trip reports helpful although the second stays on the ridge top which is not the easiest way.
geosean - Oct 7, 2009 12:48 pm - Hasn't voted
E vs. WIn the “route” section right after you reach Bingley Gap you have East and West mixed up in reference to Spring Mtn. and the ridge. Just wanted to let you know.
By the way, is Spring Mountain worthwhile enough to have a page of its own? I’ve never been there
gimpilator - Oct 7, 2009 6:16 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: E vs. WThank you for this correction. Unfortunately it's not the first time that I've gotten my directions crossed in haste. As far as Spring goes, that was my original objective and when it didn't work out I decided to try for Zi iob. Spring is definitely worthy of a page. We followed the ridge top until it became too technical. I later found out that we should have traverse on the steep south side below the cliffy section.
I see that you have done a lot of the peaks that I like and also a few I plan to do in the future. How did you like Larrabee? One more question. I noticed that some of your Baker photos were from an OC trip. Do you work for them? I used to guide Baker trips for the OC a couple years ago.
Adam
geosean - Oct 8, 2009 6:21 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: E vs. WLarrabee was great, I have always wanted to do it but i was never able to drive all the way to twin lakes cause i had a car, just this year i got an SUV, so that was the first place i went. the hike in is really short so the trip feels like its all climb, its great.
In regards to my Baker climb in '08 i just went on an OC trip, i would have loved to work there when i was a student but i didnt have enough experience to be a guide.
I looked Spring mountan up in the Beckey guide, amazingly he didnt mention it! this is the first time i have ever not been able to find at least the mention of a peak by Beckey. do you have any idea what kind of rating the climb would be? im pretty much limited to class 3, maybe 4 if i had a partner, but i would be interested in Spring.
gimpilator - Oct 9, 2009 2:42 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: E vs. WThe correct route will not exceed class 3. I have a friend who did it about ten years ago. He goes by the name of magellan here and on nwhikers.net. I asked him for details about the route but he doesn't recall the finer details. You might find these two trip reports helpful although the second stays on the ridge top which is not the easiest way.
http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16970
http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7407
geosean - Oct 9, 2009 9:51 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: E vs. Wthanks!