Point Pun

Route: West ridge from Garfield B saddle
Posted On: 7/31/2023, By: VeraUndertow
Info: After descending Graystone I headed toward the north side of the Garfield lake to gain the ridge on the ramp detailed by Furthermore's report. This ramp stays mostly at class 2+ maybe a few moves of class 3. The ridge to Garfield goes at class 3 mostly, except one move of class 4 if trying to stay ridge proper, although it looked like it could be bypassed by staying 50 feet below the ridge on the east side. I reversed route back toward Point Pun, excited to climb this peak with very little beta. The ridge starts off mellow class 2 on stable talus and broken slab till 12,850 ft, then you hit the first little bit of easy class 3 before more broken slab to reach the first notch in the ridge. I climbed down into the notch and to the south side of the to some class 4. The next two notches I climbed to the north side of the ridge, which had some loose class 3 gullys to regain the ridge. The next notch I went to south side again which maybe had a few more moves of class 4. I regained the ridge, but realized I had one more notch before the summit so I dropped to south again dropping 50 ft down to avoid the ridge notch, and followed a class 2 ramp up to the summit. The rock on this ridge was the loosest of all the scrambling I did in the Vestal basin area this weekend, but was still relatively solid, but be sure to check holds. I wanted to take more pictures to document this ridge, but then it looked like it was gonna storm so I started to hurry. I reversed route through the three notches closest to the summit, then dropped about 50-75 ft below the ridge crest on the north side following a ramp I had seen from Garfield to avoid the first two notches, this stays loose class 2 talus and choss and regains the ridge around 12,800 ft. 

Route: Up West Ridge, Down East Ridge
Posted On: 7/27/2023, By: JDroz
Info: My partner and I included this peak while linking Garfield and Graystone. The western ridge gets quite airy and notched out, but is manageable, while the eastern ridge off the sub-summit goes at 5.notchill, has tedious route finding, and should be avoided at all costs. We are generally fast climbers, but our split for the Garfield-Pt Pun saddle to Pt. Pun-Graystone saddle was 1.5+ hours. There are very few bail points once you commit to the ridge, so proceed with caution.