Summit Ritter or Banner in Early August
Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 1:58 pm
Hi,
A friend and I are going to do this basic route in early August https://caltopo.com/m/NLDF
Which route to the summit of either or both of Ritter or Banner is most likely to not require ice axe and crampons at that time of year in this heavy snow year. I have the Secor book so have that for reference. If we need to bring crampons of micro spikes, we would consider acquiring them.
Ritter: It looks like the easiest way up Ritter is the west slope from lake 3377-T. Secor lists that as class 2. From the East it looks like the Southeast Glacier or Clyde Variation are the easiest bet. Both listed Class 3. Vaca Russ posted a route up the Clyde Variation from same time of year, he used crampons https://goo.gl/56RtZM
Banner: Secor lists a class 2 route from Lake Catherine. No clear info is given on this route, though it looks pretty clear from the map that I would go up the glacier going SE from lake Catherine up to the saddle, and then follow the ridge to the summit. It looks like JeffEndicott came up from Thousand Island Lake to N. Glacier pass, but his route to the summit wasn't clear https://goo.gl/uRW0qT
Any tips or info would be helpful. BTW is there a way to tag members in a post? Just put a URL to their profile page?
A friend and I are going to do this basic route in early August https://caltopo.com/m/NLDF
Which route to the summit of either or both of Ritter or Banner is most likely to not require ice axe and crampons at that time of year in this heavy snow year. I have the Secor book so have that for reference. If we need to bring crampons of micro spikes, we would consider acquiring them.
Ritter: It looks like the easiest way up Ritter is the west slope from lake 3377-T. Secor lists that as class 2. From the East it looks like the Southeast Glacier or Clyde Variation are the easiest bet. Both listed Class 3. Vaca Russ posted a route up the Clyde Variation from same time of year, he used crampons https://goo.gl/56RtZM
Banner: Secor lists a class 2 route from Lake Catherine. No clear info is given on this route, though it looks pretty clear from the map that I would go up the glacier going SE from lake Catherine up to the saddle, and then follow the ridge to the summit. It looks like JeffEndicott came up from Thousand Island Lake to N. Glacier pass, but his route to the summit wasn't clear https://goo.gl/uRW0qT
Any tips or info would be helpful. BTW is there a way to tag members in a post? Just put a URL to their profile page?