North American Classic Climbs
Mount Hunter
West Ridge
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Mount Hunter West Ridge |
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Looking east toward Foraker. |
DA, JH |
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Finally on the upper plateau at 13,000', looking toward the summit. |
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Looking back on the team on the easy early section of the plateau. |
RR, JH |
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Crossing the bergshrund at the base of the final summit pyramid at 13,500'. 4 pitches of mixed ground to the summit ridge. |
DA |
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The final summit ridge at 14,500'. Just below the top at 8pm, on the go since 7am. Looking south, Kahiltna Glacier below. |
DA |
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From the summit, looking to Foraker. Hunter plateau visible, before dropping off the west ridge into the clouds. Good thing we wanded the plateau! |
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Descending the final 20' summit block. 13 hours to the summit, another 9 hours to reach camp. |
JH, RR, DA |
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Rappelling the first snow dome the next day with full packs. Midnight descent to minimize avalanche conditions in the suicidal Northwest Basin. The ascent route traversed to the right around this dome. |
RR, JH |
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A midnight rappel into the Northwest Basin. This party did 10 rappels off the snow domes and down the face into the Northwest Basin. About half were fixed in the rocks, the others ice screws and pickets. |
DA |
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A view of Mt. Foraker while rappelling into the Northwest Basin, below. The lower West Ridge is visible in mid-distance. |
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Arriving back at Kahiltna International Airport, the landing site for many objectives in the area. |
RR, JH |
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*Climbers & Photographers: Ron Rickman, John Howie, David Hart, Dave Armon
