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Isosceles Peak Rock Climbing

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Routes in Isosceles Peak

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	Keith-Lowery Route T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Northeast Face T Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	Southwest Buttress T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Southwest Chute T Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	Southwest Face T Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	Tangerine, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	West - East Summit Traverse T Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	West Chute T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	West Face T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Elevation:	12,250 ft	3,734 m
GPS:	37.0951, -118.5423 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

This peak forms the ridgeline splitting the Palisade and Dusy Basins (not the peak in the Mono Recesses). The East Summit is clearly the highest point (12,250'+), but the West Face has the most interesting climbing. Most parties climbing this face are satisfied with the West Summit (12,240'). Secor seems to suggest that the West Summit is the true summit, but several route descriptions (the SW Face and W Chute, in particular), could only be describing routes that visibly reach the East Summit.

It is possible to traverse from the West to the East summit. The West Summit - which has a register - appears to be climb on average once every two years.

East Summit Routes:
NE Face
West Chute
SW Face
SW Chute - the best descent

West Summit Routes:
West Face
Wilson Route (aka the North Face or the West Face, Left)
Keith-Lowery Route (aka West Face, Right)
SW Buttress - the best descent

Reference: Secor, The High Sierra, 3rd ed., pg 238.

Getting There

Follow the main trail from South Lake to Bishop Pass, and descend to the highest lake in Dusy Basin. Great bivy sites exist on the lakes southwest shore.