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Boulder climber
bouldering
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Nov 19, 2012 - 11:36am PT
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LYV approach overview (not my foto)
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hailman
Trad climber
Ventura, CA
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Jul 16, 2018 - 06:43pm PT
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I've only seen Mt Clark from a distance. It's a much more complex and interesting peak than I thought.
Has anyone got closeup shots of the NE and E aspects?
This might be what you're looking for:
I completely agree, this mountain seems to change shape every which way you look at it.
We climbed the NW Arete and descended the class two terrain toward Peak 10987. This descent route worked out really nice as the terrain ended up being more sandy and open than the long lower section of the NW Arete.
What an absolutely burly outing from Happy Isles. I wouldn't go into this one for the rock climbing, that's for sure. Something like north ridge of Conness has better rock and way less hiking. Most of Mt Clark's NW Arete is just boulder hopping anyway.
But...that said, the total experience was awesome. Something very special about spending time in the Yosemite backcountry. And Clark does have a killer pitch or two of class three knife edge leading to the summit. We brought a very light rack and rope and made good use of it gaining the ridge. Just a few fifth class moves, honestly I was glad to have the rope as the rock was a bit grainy in places.
Here's some descent beta:
As for the cross country travel from the Merced River trail to our campsite at Lake 9235...I'll leave that for others to figure out. We tried two ways 1) bushwhacking hell and 2) cliffed out slabs. What an adventure.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Jul 17, 2018 - 09:37am PT
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I climbed it in the winter with F.B. III. We started out with a hot lap to Happy Isles at 2 AM after the Ahwahnee dining room closed. The approach up the mist trail was in crampons, then straight up onto the plateau above. We cached gear several times, and by the time we reached the peak we were down to one axe and a pair of crampons each. The ropes, tent, second tool and hardware were all left behind to shave weight. We climbed the N.W. Arete.
It was an outstanding climb, and one of my most memorable mountain experiences
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