UPDATE: After writing this TR I had some discussions with CaptainSuburbia who provided some useful insight. I’m adding a tidbit here plus a combo photo and more feedback below in the middle of the Gaining the Ridge section. Feedback from CaptainSuburbia: “Just a heads up. You crossed over to standard well below where I did. There should've just been an easy ledge that dumps you out onto standard with no orange rock or chockstone to climb. Your path seemed to work fine albeit a little more difficult and possibly harder to find on descent.”
UPDATE: per the comments by CaptainSuburbia in the update at the start of the TR, there is reportedly an easier way to get to the summit without following this orange rock band to the chockstone. I’ll include another quote from him and a conglomerate photo illustrating the area. Unfortunately, I’ve not yet been able to conclusively pinpoint this spot in a zoomed out image – maybe on some future trip…
From CaptainSuburbia: “Yes, there is a landmark where I turned. It's the gash at 13737 as mentioned in your west ridge direct report. My route goes right to the base of that and turns. On the descent part of my second trip report there is a pic of it as I pass by. Also, my first report has a pic of it with my buddy looking up it. We had fully intended to climb it that day until I found the escape ledge to the Southwest face. Also, on my second report there is a pic entitled "ledges" showing my group at the base of the gash and the pic before is a pic of the ledges that I took while standing at the base of the gash. It's a pretty easy stroll from the gash to the southwest face. In both my reports I call it a headwall/chimney.”
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