Mount Hayes, Northeast Ridge. On May 15, Tom Douglas, Fred ...

M ount Hayes, N ortheast Ridge. On May 15, Tom Douglas, Fred Harbison and I started from the Trident G lacier (6,000 feet) up a new route on the southeast ridge of M ount Hayes in the cen­ tral Alaska Range. About 500 feet up the route, Harbison had a m inor fall, and we retreated back to our Base Camp on the glacier. The following day, Douglas and I started up the easier north­ east ridge while Harbison rested at camp. We spent the first night at the saddle below the ridge (10,000 feet), and waited out a storm the following day. At 8 a.m. on May 17 we started up the ridge, picking our way through a maze o f cornices, seracs and crevasses, and climbing ice up to 60 degrees with a running belay. We reached the summit (14,500 feet) at 2 p.m., and were back at our camp on the Trident G lacier by 8 p.m. Steve D

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