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This view of the upper bowl and summit ridge clearly shows our
route to the summit. We crossed over the near snow field, then
followed the left edge of the upper, steeper, snow field until
we reached the ridge. From there, it is a simple scramble over
the block talus to the summit, proper.
The apparent summit in this view is false. It is an outcrop just below the summit ridge which projects far enough out to block the view of the actual summit, which lies behind and perhaps 10 or 20 feet above the outcrop. |
| Once you reach the summit ridge, you are presented with this rugged aggregation of fractured desk-sized blocks. Although not perfectly clear in this view, there are two humps along the ridge, the second (western) of which is the true summit. Looking to the left, or south, you see the 45-degree talus slope up which we just scrambled. Looking the other way gives you a view of the much steeper north side of the ridge which drops a few hundred feet to the Ritter/Banner saddle to the northeast and 2000' to Lake Catherine to the northwest. |