Winter Climbing, Colorado Rockies. Despite the mild winter season ...
Winter Climbing, Colorado Rockies. Despite the mild winter season of 1975/6, little was achieved. On December 21, 1975 Brad Johnson and Dick Jackson made the first winter ascent of Hallet’s Chimney on Hallet’s Peak. Mild conditions enabled the climbers to complete the climb with just one bivouac in a cave at half-height. Dakers Gowans and Mike Monger made the first winter ascent of the N orthcutt/C arter route on Hallet’s Peak. Both climbs had been attempted unsuccessfully on numerous occasions as winter climbs. Duncan Ferguson and John
Markel made the first winter ascent of the south ridge of Notchtop. Harry Kent, Casey Swanson and I made a new route on the east face of Taylor, a line parallel to a similar route done in the previous season by Doug Snively, Doug Scott and me. We did the 10-pitch climb in a day but were forced to make an unplanned bivouac on the descent be cause of bad visibility. M
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Markel made the first winter ascent of the south ridge of Notchtop. Harry Kent, Casey Swanson and I made a new route on the east face of Taylor, a line parallel to a similar route done in the previous season by Doug Snively, Doug Scott and me. We did the 10-pitch climb in a day but were forced to make an unplanned bivouac on the descent be cause of bad visibility. M
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