5/15/2012 Route: East Ridge Posted On: 5/15/2012, By: Matt Lemke Info: Road passable to the McNasser Gulch TH described in Roach's book. Snow free hike all the way to just below treeline. A few small snow fields to cross to the base of the steep slope at 12,600 high in McNasser Gulch. Steep south facing slope mostly snow free. Gaining the east ridge was a little harder with some snow fields though. Some class 3 I did to skirt snow. East ridge itself dry all the way to Grizzly Summit. Traverse to Garfield is loose talus but mostly dry. Descent off Garfield starts with loose scree but I was able to squeeze in a 500 foot glissade. Walking through upper McNasser Gulch to connect back to the old road there was some post-holing but mostly avoidable. No snowshoes needed. Spikes helpful. Calm day...warm...beautiful. As far as the Grizzly summit register is concerned, I am the first to summit it since last October. First photo shows the East ridge from Grizzly‘s summit Second photo shows the traverse to Garfield Third photo shows Grizzly from Garfield Forth photo is looking back up McNasser Gulch as storms build |
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7/23/2011 Route: East Ridge Posted On: 7/25/2011, By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Route was dry with the exception of some snow covering the Class 2 terrain below the last gendarme on the ridge (left of photo #3). I bypassed it by scrambling (Class 3) up onto the gendarme. |
