Sherpa Pass and Sherpa

[pu]

How hard is it to descend the N side of sherpa pass to Mtnr creek? Will the E ridge of Sherpa require any rappels?

 

Please help.

 

Joe

[scottgg]

We climbed it earlier this summer (July), and on the east ridge made one 30m rappel, one downclimb of a fixed rope, and several hundred feet of down climbing to make it to a snow couloir which we decended to the basin on the north side of Sherpa and Argonaut. But I bet that snow chute has melted out by now.

[pu]

Thanks

[MCash]

The East Ridge is rated 5.0 but probably has a couple mid 5th moves on it. I had no trouble going up and down ropeless. You won't need any rappels Joe.