robertm Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Climb: Triumph-NE Ridge Date of Climb: 5/28/2005 Trip Report: Climbed NE ridge on Saturday. Some snow in Col... none on approach (patches between lower and middle lake) Lots of Ice worms on glacier... really warm not much post hole action as snow seemed to set up pretty good. Rock on the ridge was dry and snow free. backed up sketchy anchors and left biners on stations without rap rings. Took just as long down as up... 4 hours from base with party of 3. 4 hours down. Just off crutches with a bad ankle sprain... taped up good and went for it. Got flu on day of climb which made it more of a sufferfest than it should have been. Awesome views of the surrounding peaks! Go get it. Gear Notes: light rack: #1, #2, #3 set of nuts and #6,7,8 Hexes... lots of slings Approach Notes: a little snow between lower and middle lake. Running water at Col. Notch bivy on ridge was snow covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Did you get any pics or take a look at the north face? Dry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 ice worms? gross!!! thanks for the tr, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertm Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 North face looked good. It had some significant snow patches... I would give it another couple of weeks to melt off. It looked like there were plenty of ledges where the snow collected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 NOLSe, don't get overly excited about the north face as a rock route. it's not as inspiring up close. if you want to do it, go over triumph pass...not down from the NE ridge notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertm Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 Approach: Across the Glacier... On the ridge: On the crest... Pickets from Summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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