Advertisement: Climb up the face of Round Top via the obvious couloir and descended via the west ridge. If the snow is hard enough you can glissade down.
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Difficulty: 5 miles round trip distance with 1800 feet of elevation gain. The approach was the most strenuous part – it got easier once the climbing started.
Preparation: This climb was done as part of the Sierra Mountaineering Club and led by Rob Ritchey. Individual gear: snowshoes, crampons, ice axe, helmet, harness, carabiners and slings (for self belay). Group gear: rope, pickets for possible running belay which we did not end up using. We got an early start at 7am.
Summary: This was a fun climb with, I’m told, a relatively short approach (for California). I enjoyed the couloir climbing much more than then approach, which was especially sloggy on the way back as the snow melted. There’s also a fun scramble to reach the summit block. 4/5
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| Breaking the tree line on the approach |
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| View of the Elephant's Back from the summit |
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| Views to the south from the summit |
More photographs.
Difficulty: 5 miles round trip distance with 1800 feet of elevation gain. The approach was the most strenuous part – it got easier once the climbing started.
Preparation: This climb was done as part of the Sierra Mountaineering Club and led by Rob Ritchey. Individual gear: snowshoes, crampons, ice axe, helmet, harness, carabiners and slings (for self belay). Group gear: rope, pickets for possible running belay which we did not end up using. We got an early start at 7am.
Summary: This was a fun climb with, I’m told, a relatively short approach (for California). I enjoyed the couloir climbing much more than then approach, which was especially sloggy on the way back as the snow melted. There’s also a fun scramble to reach the summit block. 4/5
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