Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Yarrow-East Ridge.....again

Went back and climbed this route with Brett on Sunday again. It is an awesome alpine route and i would highly recommend it. When Dave and i climbed it back in late May, we descended down the north face into Blind Canyon. After reaching the summit this time we decided that there was to much snow to descend down the north side so we opted to try going down the south side into Yarrow Creek. There are two drainages visible from the summit. The drainage on the skiiers right looks pretty straight forward but it dumps you further up the valley. The drainage on the left requires some route finding but brings you to the road not to far up the valley. We had one short rappell which probably could have been avoided if we had cut across the creek to the skiers right just below the main cliff bands. Even at that it was still only two hours back to the truck. If anybody needs any route beta or pictures let me know.
Kudo's to Chris G. for spying the route in the first place.
Speaking of Chris G., has anybody seen him. He seems to be MIA........

7 Comments:

At 9/22/2005 10:15:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just seconding Blair's comments. It was an awesome route, pretty good rock for Wateron standards. Would definatly recomend it. Great day in the mountains. 

Posted by Brett Weisser

 
At 9/22/2005 11:21:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Totally MIA. Those girlfriends take up quite a bit of free time - well at least when they live in Calgary. On the bright side I am rennovating like mad trying to get the house up to par. The guest room out back is livable. Just a day or two to move old junk out, and it is ready for friends. 

Posted by chris goble

 
At 9/23/2005 08:26:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Right on. Does that mean the parties at the Goble Manor?? 

Posted by Blair Piggot

 
At 9/23/2005 08:46:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll plan something. If you are interested Blair, some friends are heading down to the hotsprings around Missoula for Thanksgiving. Probably a slack weekend. Maybe some climbing on the granite plugs nearby, some camping and shorts hikes.

As for the party, I'll host as many people as I can for the ice fest. Perhaps this year we should move it to January, and hope the chinooks don't strike again. 

Posted by chris goble

 
At 9/24/2005 12:19:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think early January is probably a good idea. December doesn't seem to be very reliable. Especially since Experts and Quick & Dirty are both low elevation south aspect climbs. Of course if we have another winter like we did last winter we could hold the "Rock Fest" in January and forget the "Ice Fest".
I heard some pundit on T.V. a couple of days ago who says that when there is an active hurricane season down south we have a long cold winter up here so i hope he's right. Were due for one. 

Posted by Blair Piggot

 
At 9/26/2005 04:15:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blair,

I would be interested in both Beta and pics for your route. I am a local from Pincher and am out of the country right now but I am looking to climb something close to home and this route sounds interesting.

Thanks,

Shane 

Posted by Shane

 
At 9/26/2005 04:16:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blair,

I would be interested in both Beta and pics for your route. I am a local from Pincher and am out of the country right now but I am looking to climb something close to home when I come back and this route sounds interesting.

Thanks,

Shane 

Posted by Shane

 

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