Chriznitch Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Trip: Mt Conness - East Ridge from Saddlebag Lake Date: 7/26/2008 Trip Report: On Saturday we climbed the complete east ridge of Mt Conness (myself and friends Randy and Ken). We found this route to offer various terrain, with some class 1 through class 4 stuff. It is a scenic climb with not too much vertical gain and can be done in 1/2 day. Since we had to head to Ken's bachelor party later that day, it was a good choice. RJ Secor rates the east ridge a class 3. We found that following the top of the ridge over the pinnacles would involve some class 5 terrain, but most of the difficulties can be avoided on the south side. We ended up taking on some of the challenges. On the top we met Karl from New York, who was out on a peak-bagging extravaganza. looking up at the east ridge from Saddlebag Lake Mt Dana panorama, east side of Conness cruising on class 1 terrain after gaining the ridge the beautiful SE aspect of North Peak the fun part of the ridge Ken chilling on the ridge Randy on a pinnacle final summit from the plateau Randy with the east ridge below SW face hanging out on the summit looking back down the east ridge from the summit summit panorama heading to the car and peeking back up at the east ridge Gear Notes: tennies, gallon of water, sunscreen Approach Notes: park at the end of the road, cross the dam, and head up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatinoutliquor Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Damn... Not sure why I hadn't seen this earlier! Nice pics man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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