South Face Rib
4th YDS 1 French 2 Ewbanks I UIAA 2 ZA M 1b British AI2 Steep Snow
Avg: 2 from 1 vote
Type: | Trad, Ice, Snow, Alpine, 3500 ft (1061 m), Grade II |
FA: | D Anger, F Riley, S Silverstein, 1959 |
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Shared By: | Ken Trout on Dec 15, 2010 |
Admins: | Mark Roberts, Mauricio Herrera Cuadra, Kate Lynn, Braden Batsford |
DESCRIPTION
A camp above the Houston Glacier was used. Camping might be good at Houston Lake, if the Melville Glacier does not seem to be dropping serac blocks into the lake. The first technical climbing is a traverse, northeast, along the Melville Glacier. Easy scrambling up the rib is followed by snow to the summit rocks.
[NOTE- When we were there in 1995 both the Melville and Houston glaciers were well away from the lake, and camping was fine...except it is a windy place when the weather goes to sh-t. R Hall ]
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