Northeast Ridge, class III
This is just a quick trip report on Red and White Mountain. It’s located way back in the McGee Creek drainage. While this peak can totally be done in a day it was very pleasant to have a base camp.
Or, as it’s referred to amongst my community of co-workers ‘the ice’. We classify our lives according to what we do ‘on ice’ versus or ‘off-ice’ time. Our ‘ice friends’ vs our regular friends. This isn’t out of feeling special but rather the difficulty of trying to explain to any rational person what we do ‘down there’ and why we keep going back.
This outing brought all smiles! Petite Griffon is a striking pinnacle nestled between Mount Abbot and Mount Mills. I am always willing to hike far for routes with good names or striking lines and this was no exception. My GPS reported a little over 11 miles roundtrip for 2 pitches of climbing. #Worthit
Dragon’s Tooth 5.6 A1 or 5.10
This was a very short but special peak to climb. Dragon’s Tooth is located next to (North of) Dragon Peak out of Onion Valley. I am hugely fond of all things related to Dragons, Hobbits, and the Lord of the Rings. So naturally, these two peaks have been on my short-list to climb.