Wasootch Peak V
July 29, 2017
Mountain
height: 2350 m
Elevation gain: 825 m
Solo
scramble.
Two days
after completing a super enjoyable ascent via the north gully and east ridge, I
returned to Wasootch Peak to ascend the northwest ridge – a route that I had
downclimbed on the 27th, but thought would be way more fun to
upclimb.
This trip
turned out to be even more enjoyable than expected thanks to all the super
interesting rock and scrambling in the drainage that split off from the
drainage I had used two days earlier. And, as expected, scrambling UP the
northwest ridge instead of DOWN it was heaps of fun.
Unfortunately
I did not have a camera (it had decided to take a dip in a stream during my
somewhat epic day on Erris)
and my phone froze. Being a little lacking in iphone technology knowledge I
couldn’t figure out how to reset it and so I wasn’t able to get any photos from
about halfway up the ridge to the end of the trip. This was especially
disappointing on descent, as the sun lit up the array of colourful rock
residing on this side of the mountain.
Besides
the disappointing photo situation, an awesome day out!
In the drainage again. Despite appearances, the terrain here is easy and fun to ascend
Looking back at Mount Lorette again!
Rock layers
Some of the fun slab scrambling in the drainage
Where the climbing route "Ivana Humpaless " resides
The summit and the northwest ridge. The ridge looks surprisingly flat from this angle, but it quite steep in places
Traversing over to the ridge
The super fun northwest ridge
Solid rock throughout
The interesting combination of slabby, blocky rock on the left with coral-like rock on the right