Cat Scratch Fever

Being a south facing route Cat Scratch Fever receives a good bit of sun making for varying conditions depending on the weather. Start on a 12 foot section of ice that mellows out into scratchy rock and ice. From there you can go left through a lower angle, but more rocky section or right up better ice with more exposure. The ice can vary for screw placements, slinging a number of bush trunks about two-thirds of the way up on the left hand side works well. Near the end of the climb you reach a fatter ice flow that you can take up or go left of by beating your way through tree branches to the top with iffy screw placements, but solid bush trunks to sling near the top on the right.

Sling the tree to set up an anchor for top roping. You'll need a 70m rope to belay from the bottom.

Be wary of pulling the rope after rappelling as it may get stuck on the tree. You can also walk off by going up about 50 vertical feet and to the left and then down back to the base of the climb.

From the switch back on the Phelps Lake trail stay high and sidehill across steep most likely avalanche debris ridden slopes for a 100 meters or so and Cat Scratch Fever will be 75 vertical feet above you.

7 ice screws, 2 long slings for slinging bushes, no rap anchors