Need mod alpine idea.

[ken4ord]

Alright, my foot is starting to feel better and I am dying to get out some more. Last weekend went up with chelle and we had a nice ascent of Vesper, but the slab shite was no fun for the foot. Got any on ideas for alpine in the 7, sub-7 catergory for alpine? Don't want any slab, I need edges, big edges, cause rock shoes are no good right now and I am climbing in sneaks. I was thinking along the lines of Thompson also Triumph, but wondering if that hike is too long and if there is too much slab on Triumph. Got any idea, let's here em'?

[fenderfour]

mmm... cutthroat

[chris]

When I was recovering last August/Spetember from a broken leg, I went up to Washington Pass and climbed the "classics." Beckey Route on Liberty, the North Face of Concord, South Arete of South Early Winter Spire, and the South Buttress on Cuthroat. They're all doable in aproach shoes that climb well - I simply taped up my ankle really well.

I found that a lot of the Class 4+, easy Class 5 routes to be good for helping me redevelop my balance too.

Good luck.

[layton]

I've heard the W.Ridge of Old Settler is amazing and mellow.

[Dru]

but you need to smear and the road wont open until sometime l8r this month

[layton]

how do you know that I needed to smear?

you in my bunghole?

[Dru]

[j_b]

what about wearing boots?

 

a couple easier climbs with shorter approaches and short drives:

 

east face of chair

sw face of tooth (beckey var. at 5.6)

 

the approach to thomson is longish.

[Alpinfox]

 

Rock shoe on good foot, boot on bad foot. You climb like monkey.

 

WA Pass best bet for "alpine" with short approach. You know this already. Go climb monkey.

[ken4ord]

Well thanks everybody, it looks like WA Pass is where I headed this weekend. Going to climb sum of dem Beckey classics.