Pronghorn, East Face. This impressive face, near Middle Fork Lake

Pronghorn, East Face. This impressive face, near Middle Fork Lake, con­ tinues to be elusive. The classic route appears to be near midface, close to vertical for a full 1,100 feet; some of the cracks appear to have loose flakes, others are seamed. Layton Kor, Dave Beckstead and I climbed a pitch (possibly more) in the 1960s and this summer, Jim Nelson, John Stoddard and I started up what we thought was a different route; Nelson and Stoddard climbed two pitches, ending with bolt placements when cracks failed. Two pitons discovered on the route may have been K or’s or left from an unknown attempt. The route remains unclimbed.

Fred Beckey