North American Classic Climbs
Whitney-Gilman Route
(Cannon Mtn.)
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Whitney-Gilman Route (Cannon Mtn.) |
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Cannon Mtn. from interstate highway 93 to the south. The Whitney-Gilman ridge is marked. |
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The ridge from the north (Moby Grape route.) |
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Signing in at the trail head. Useful not only in case of an accident, but to see who might be on the route in front of you. |
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The approach begins on this paved trail. |
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Approaching on a talus slope. |
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Leading the off-width crack that makes the best first pitch. |
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Looking down to the belayer from the first pitch. |
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The belay for pitch 2 is on a good ledge. If you want to avoid the lowest pitch, you can come up the gash to the left of the belayer. |
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On easy ground, looking down to the highway through Franconia Notch, and the talus slope used for the approach. |
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Looking up the ridge from pitch 3. |
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Leading the V-shaped dihedral of pitch 3, a nice pitch liberally sprinkled with fixed pitons. |
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Leading the clean cracks of pitch 4, right off the ledge. This is the spot where a climber once got his knee jammed so badly that his partner had to retreat and bring axle grease to free him. |
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The lower part of pitch 4, an outstanding pitch right on the edge of the ridge. |
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A "pink tricam graveyard" on pitch 4. Three #1 tricams were abandoned here, and are in various states of decay. |
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Higher on pitch 4. |
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Arriving at the belay, pitch 4. |
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The short easy 5th-class section that starts pitch 5. |
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Looking up the final pitch at interesting atmospherics. The leader (barely visible) is at the crux roof. |
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The route ends at some boulders on a shelf. Looking north toward Franconia Notch. |
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The descent takes a steep but quite reasonable climbers' trail down through the forest to the paved trail. Definitely preferable to descending the talus slope you came up. |
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*Climbers & Photographers: Gary Clark, Lynn Clark, David Howe, Michael Lehner
