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Ascent of French Ridge-East Peak on 2011-09-11

Climber: John Morrow

Others in Party:

solo

Date:

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Peak:

French Ridge-East Peak

Location:

USA-Washington

Elevation:

6767 ft / 2062 m

Ascent Trip Report

Friggen hot!
Sept 10: Traversed from Tuck Lake to Trico Lake. Dropped into unnammed drainage to north in steep forest then followed big blocky scree and vegetated slopes to ridge south of peak. Worked north on ridge bypassing obstructions on west finished peak on south in a short gully. Returned dropping off gentler south/SW ridge directly into drainage basin (better). Best do this from PCT.
Sept 11: Great high walking from Robin Lakes bypassing French West and Pt. 6555 on south, hitting easy to find broad ledges in the granite bench country to finish on the NW ridge of French east. Go out to the left of final ridge to avoid brush and find fun granite blocky class 2 scrambling to the summit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23557848@N03/sets/72157627539347911/

Summary Total Data

Grade/Class:

class 2

Route Conditions:

Open Country, Scramble

Nights Spent:

3 nights away from roads

Ascent Statistics

Route:

NW Ridge

Descent Statistics

Ascent Part of Trip: tuck and robin (3 nights total away from roads)

Complete Trip Sequence:

Order	Peak/Point	Date
1	Junggeselle Peak	2011-09-10 a
2	French Ridge-East Peak	2011-09-11 b

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