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[TR] Mt Conness - East Ridge from Saddlebag Lake 7/26/2008


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Trip: Mt Conness - East Ridge from Saddlebag Lake

 

Date: 7/26/2008

 

Trip Report:

On Saturday we climbed the complete east ridge of Mt Conness (myself and friends Randy and Ken). We found this route to offer various terrain, with some class 1 through class 4 stuff. It is a scenic climb with not too much vertical gain and can be done in 1/2 day. Since we had to head to Ken's bachelor party later that day, it was a good choice.

RJ Secor rates the east ridge a class 3. We found that following the top of the ridge over the pinnacles would involve some class 5 terrain, but most of the difficulties can be avoided on the south side. We ended up taking on some of the challenges.

On the top we met Karl from New York, who was out on a peak-bagging extravaganza.

 

looking up at the east ridge from Saddlebag Lake

east_ridge_from_saddlebag.jpg

 

 

Mt Dana

mt_dana.jpg

 

 

panorama, east side of Conness

conness_east_pano.jpg

 

 

cruising on class 1 terrain after gaining the ridge

easy_part_of_ridge.jpg

 

 

the beautiful SE aspect of North Peak

north_pk_se_face.jpg

 

 

the fun part of the ridge

jagged_part_of_ridge.jpg

 

 

Ken chilling on the ridge

looking_back_at_ken.jpg

 

 

Randy on a pinnacle

randy_crux1.jpg

 

randy_crux2.jpg

 

 

final summit from the plateau

summit_from_plateau.jpg

 

 

Randy with the east ridge below

randy_and_east_ridge.jpg

 

 

SW face

sw_face.jpg

 

 

hanging out on the summit

summit_gang.jpg

 

 

looking back down the east ridge from the summit

east_ridge_from_summit.jpg

 

 

summit panorama

conness_summit_pano.jpg

 

 

heading to the car and peeking back up at the east ridge

east_ridge_from_valley.jpg

 

Gear Notes:

tennies, gallon of water, sunscreen

 

Approach Notes:

park at the end of the road, cross the dam, and head up

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