zoroastr Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 (edited) Climb: Vesper Peak - Sperry Peak Traverse-scramble routes and connecting ridge Date of Climb: 7/23/2005 Trip Report: My Climbing partner, Erick Johnson, was out today with an ankle injury, so I wanted to grab some miles and smiles on some tamer peaks. To this end, I left Redmond at 6:00 am with the idea of grabbing Vesper and Sperry via their respective scramble routes. The upshot: Vesper = simple; Sperry = kind of a pain, but nice! This is a simple T.R. for a simple climb. I hit the trail around 8:30am, hiked up to Hedlee Pass and took obvious climbers' paths to the top of Vesper via some very fun, low-angled slabs, sat on top for an hour snapping snaps, voyueristically reading other peoples' register entries [weird] and generally ooh-ing and aah-ing. Here's a snap of the Vesper Glacier and Copper Lake. I then headed over to Sperry [i think that's what it's called] via the easiest line I could find on the connecting ridge. Looking back at Vesper's North Face from the Vesper/Sperry ridge: The climbers' path on the ridge is spotty but useful until you're a couple hundred feet below the Sperry summit--then you're on your own, and it gets kind of nasty. Thankfully, there are always vegetable belays within easy reach. Sperry's actually a very nice summit. I wonder if there are gully options that take you to the approach side of Hedlee Pass...hmmm... Here's a shot from a tarn on the upper slopes of Sperry... ...And a quick snap of that un-be-freaking-lievable slab ridge leading up to Big Four! P.S. I met another CC poster named "Magellan." We chatted about the weirdness of the upper portion of the route on Sperry. Hi Mag! --cheers Gear Notes: I brought: * stout boots * ice axe [not needed] * food [desperately needed] * a shell [never worn] * .mp3's [solo hike, duh!] Approach Notes: Trail is bare. Don't let Vesper's foreshortening make you think it's any kind of challenge--it's a jog. Edited July 24, 2005 by zoroastr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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