Lone Pine Peak, California, USA (12,944 ft / 3945 m): via the North Ridge

November 18, 2006

Lone Pine Peak (12,944')

Brief report:

Climbed the north ridge with awagher. Encountered some hard snow on the route but it was possible to bypass most of it. Left Meysan Lake T/H parking lot just before 4:00a.m. Roped up for 3 pitches this time due to snow conditions. For some reason, we were both dragging ass (well, maybe not drinking enough water, the heavier pack due to colder conditions & climbing with mountain boots had something to do with it). I didn't top out until basically 2p.m. (10 hrs trailhead to summit). Waited an hour for Andrew to top out. We lost some time on the descent by taking the wrong chute and had to climb back up (we didn't want to face multiple raps, epic, etc). Found the regular NW slope descent but was painful because the ground was frozen (couldn't plunge-step on the frozen dirt/scree). Back to our car by 7p.m. (15 hrs car-to-car).

Additional info about climbing Lone Pine Peak can be found here.


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