Matt Lemke Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Trip: Mount Hunter - West RidgeTrip Date: 05/31/2022Trip Report: I climbed the west ridge of Mount Hunter from May 29 - June 1 just last week with a summit on May 31st. The route has changed drastically from the days of old, here is a good beta overview of the ridge if anyone is interested. We took 3 days on route with two nights at the 10650 col for a big 4k foot summit day. Weather has been fantastic in Alaska this season making for a carefree, worry free ascent (mostly lol). I'll get to writing a detailed trip report on my website soon...just figured I'd share these route notes for now. Conditions were mostly good, but afternoons on the lower ridge started getting scary when the stepp snow softened considerably in the hot sun. Summit temps were in the mid teens with very little wind. Photos at the link below. Photo Gallery Gear Notes: Two 7.3mm twin ropes, 4 cams 0.5 - 2, set of DMM nuts, 5 UL screws, 3 pickets, 20 degree sleeping bag, 6 single slings and 1 double. Extra TATApproach Notes: Snowshoed to base of ridge from landing - 1.5 hours. 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lemke Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 Sorry about the duplicate report...this site is still as confusing as ever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Awesome! Looking forward to the full report. I deleted the duplicate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lemke Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 Thanks Jason, is there any way to be able to show the original size of that photo? The photo isn't high enough resolution to read the notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosean Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Wow, nice. I was supposed to do this in 2020, haven't planned a revenge trip yet. Awaiting a full TR. Thanks for the great beta photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 11 hours ago, Matt Lemke said: The photo isn't high enough resolution to read the notes If you click on the photo, it opens the photo viewer, where you can click twice more to get to a level where I could read it on a desktop monitor. Not sure about a phone.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Great pictures!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lemke Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Full report can be found here: Mount Hunter West Ridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBo6 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Thanks Matt. I have really appreciated your well written TRs. Especially when I'm sitting on my ass in the office counting down the minutes until I can leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 nice work, thanks for writing that up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Wow! Nice! Looks like you had incredible weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex789 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Fantastic! Great work and great report. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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