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Cloudripper (Aug 2018)

Rob contacted my about climbing Cloudripper mid summer and it was clear that getting multiple permits for Big Pine Lakes would be very hard. But I suggested an approach via South Lake and Green Lake. This is a tougher cross-country route but permits for Green Lake are easy to get. We followed the trail towards Baxter Lakes until the high plateau at about 11,800ft. When the trail started dropping towards Baxter Lakes we started crossing to Thunder & Lightning Lake and then climbed to the saddle east of Cloudripper (12,300ft) before we dropped into the Big Pine Lake Basin to Camp at Summit Lake (10,940ft). Kent joined us in the evening and the next morning the two of us climbed to the summit of Cloudripper (13,525ft). Next day we hiked out to Glacier Lodge. Rob kontaktierte mich wegen der Besteigung des Cloudripper und mitten im Sommer war klar, dass es sehr schwierig sein würde, mehrere Permits für Big Pine Lakes zu bekommen. Aber ich schlug einen Zustieg über South Lake und Green Lake vor. Dies ist eine anspruchsvollere Cross-Country-Route, aber Permits für Green Lake sind leicht zu bekommen. Wir folgten dem Weg From Green Lake in Richtung Baxter Lakes bis zum Hochplateau auf etwa 3600m. Als der Weg in Richtung Baxter Lakes abzufallen begann, starteten wir die Querung zu Thunder & Lightning Lake und stiegen dann zum Sattel östlich von Cloudripper (3750m) auf, bevor wir in die Big Pine Lake Basin abstiegen, um am Summit Lake (3335m) zu campen. Kent kam am Abend zu uns und am nächsten Morgen kletterten wir beide auf den Gipfel des Cloudripper (4122m). Am nächsten Tag stiegen wir ab zur Glacier Lodge.
Hiking the old water pipe
Hiking the old water pipe
Thunderstorm above Brown Lake
Thunderstorm above Brown Lake
Camp at Green Lake
Camp at Green Lake
Evening at Green Lake
Evening at Green Lake
Above Green Lake
Above Green Lake
High on Baker Lake trail
High on Baker Lake trail
Thunder & Lightning Lake
Thunder & Lightning Lake
Above Thunder & Lightning Lake
Above Thunder & Lightning Lake
On the pass (12,300ft; 3750m)
On the pass (12,300ft; 3750m)
Big Pine Lakes & Palisades
Big Pine Lakes & Palisades
Descending from the pass
Descending from the pass
Camp at Summit Lake
Camp at Summit Lake
Palisades in the morning sun
Palisades in the morning sun
On the east ridge of Cloudripper
On the east ridge of Cloudripper
On the east ridge of Cloudripper
On the east ridge of Cloudripper
On the summit blocks of Cloudripper
On the summit blocks of Cloudripper
Summit panorama (SE - N)
Summit panorama (SE - N)
Summit of Cloudripper (13,525ft; 4122m)
Summit of Cloudripper (13,525ft; 4122m)