[TR] Temple Ridge Circumnavigation and recon- High Traverse 5/26/2005

[Crackbolter]

Climb: Temple Ridge Circumnavigation and recon-High Traverse

 

Date of Climb: 5/26/2005

 

Trip Report:

Started up Hook Creek and then traversed to the Temple bivy.

 

Bivy'd at Temple Creek and then climbed out of the moraine below the Black Pyramid and through a col between the BP and Meteor to the South side to avoid having to traverse in snow the entire time. Traversed high accross the ridge and made it to the base of the first pitch on Prussik.

 

Traversed high accross the snow slopes in snow on the North side until I was able to descend to gain the saddle entering the Edwards Mesa. Dried feet and boots on the mesa and descended out with a glissade or two. Heard climbers but never saw them in Hook Creek.

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

Ice Axe

 

Approach Notes:

Give it another month and the ridge will be void of most snow. It will be more pleasant and perhaps easier to traverse the North slopes but more difficult to obtain water while on route.

 

[gyselinck]

Might have been us that you heard. Saw your foot prints, to bad we didn't run into you.