That huge thing next to Mt. Whitney....you can't miss it...
Getting There
Hike up like you are going to Mt. Whitney via the Ebersbacher Ledges, Lower and Upper Boy Scout Lakes but keep heading towards Keeler rather than hammering up right to Iceberg Lake.
Bivouac amongst the boulders close to the face for the big routes.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Keeler Needle:
One of the jewels of the Sierra in terms of location, aesthetics and difficulty.One of Peter Croft's "Big Four Free Climbs" of the High Sierra (see Peter's book here).Bring your best wide/flare game if you expect to free it. 10+ at 13,500 is not an easy task.Pitch 1: Start from the sandy ledges on top of the snowfield (see topo). Go up a clean finger/hand crack and traverse left under a small ov...[more]Browse More Classics in CA
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