[TR] North Twin Sister- west ridge 11/11/2004

[quikclimber]

Climb: North Twin Sister-west ridge

 

Date of Climb: 11/11/2004

 

Trip Report:

set out early veterans day...great weather. it was pretty frosty in the morning on the way up. we took bikes up the road, starting at the gate and rode all the way to the turnoff at grouse praire. the climb up the ridge was awesome. the rock was dry and warm, no sno. the top has a little snow and the north face is filling in. we descended the north face, on hard glazed snow, but it probably would have been quicker at this point to descend the ridge, since scrambling all over on the lower talus slopes was kinda slow. alltogeather it was a great climb.

 

Gear Notes:

wasnt sure what to expect so i brought way too much gear: few screws, pickets, rope, small rack, axe, crampons. all we used was the axe and crampons on the descent of the north face, which was very stiff. never used any of the other gear. the bikes were awesome on the way down

 

Approach Notes:

trail is clear and in good condition, ridge is snow free, NF is filling in and very hard.

[charlesclaassen]

This is what the north face looked like ths afternoon.

[klenke]

Let me help out Charles here...

[Harry_Pi]

Hello capitalist!

Look like beautiful morning stroll.

Thank you for allow commie to post.