9/10/2023 Route: From Leviathan Peak Posted On: 9/12/2023, By: supranihilest Info: From Leviathan Peak's summit I scrambled back down Leviathan's southwest ridge towards a big tower. There's two talus gullies down to the south near this tower, I took the upper of the two. It's got a big, jagged cliff/slab combo directly above it on descender's right side. This gully was surprisingly stable and stayed at Class 2+. When I descended about 600 feet I then went left on a grass ramp to Leviathan's southeast ridge, then to the saddle with Vallecito Mountain (Class 2+ to this point). Vallecito was also an easy scramble, Class 2+, and not as nice or fun as Leviathan. Difficulties can be bypassed to the north, but there really aren't any to speak of. From Vallecito's summit I hiked/down climbed/scree skied basically directly south. The south slopes suck pretty hard but they aren't difficult at all, just annoyingly loose and unstable. Once in the valley I crossed over and climbed Point 12,890, which was like a much easier mini Jagged Mountain. Straight up the obvious gully in center was best. Dope views of Leviathan and Vallecito from there. If you've put in the effort to get that far back into the Wemi you might as well do this peak too. Then from there I descended the gully and hiked back up valley to the Leviathan/Peak Six saddle and back to camp. |
