Scuzzy & Fraser - scrambled
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:25 pm
So to further comment on Sky's description on what his forum has become, I'll post some not so cutting edge stuff, but something that was moderately enjoyable none the less.
Maddy, Rich, & I did a bit of a bike thwack to get into this area
Then we did a short but steep bush thwack up to the Fraser - Scuzzy col, and traversed over to a pretty alpine lake to set up camp.
The col, with Cam's peak.
After a short dip in the iceberg filled lake, we decided to go up Fraser Peak's NE ridge as it seemed like it had the least BS to get to from our campsite. So a bit of background, this area has immaculate granite. There are some nice sounding climbing routes like Ninja Tiger Arete & Endurance Slab to name a couple. The climbing up the ridge was easy, but fun. You could essentially pick your difficulty, from class 2 to short 10b offwidth cracks (a guess).
Rich, doing some running shoe jamming:
An exposed walk near the final summit block
Summit bouldering
On Sunday we went up the West ridge of Scuzzy. It's a really broad ridge with granite steps of varying height all the way to the top, many of those steps being slab.
And some steeper sections with really good holds.
Summit Ridge
On the way back down we went for a dip in a little tarn that was completely surrounded by a solid piece of granite. The water was relatively warm and it was a beautiful place to go for a swim.
Maddy, Rich, & I did a bit of a bike thwack to get into this area
Then we did a short but steep bush thwack up to the Fraser - Scuzzy col, and traversed over to a pretty alpine lake to set up camp.
The col, with Cam's peak.
After a short dip in the iceberg filled lake, we decided to go up Fraser Peak's NE ridge as it seemed like it had the least BS to get to from our campsite. So a bit of background, this area has immaculate granite. There are some nice sounding climbing routes like Ninja Tiger Arete & Endurance Slab to name a couple. The climbing up the ridge was easy, but fun. You could essentially pick your difficulty, from class 2 to short 10b offwidth cracks (a guess).
Rich, doing some running shoe jamming:
An exposed walk near the final summit block
Summit bouldering
On Sunday we went up the West ridge of Scuzzy. It's a really broad ridge with granite steps of varying height all the way to the top, many of those steps being slab.
And some steeper sections with really good holds.
Summit Ridge
On the way back down we went for a dip in a little tarn that was completely surrounded by a solid piece of granite. The water was relatively warm and it was a beautiful place to go for a swim.