Temple Crag

North American Classic Climbs

Temple Crag

Sun Ribbon Arête

Beta Images Slide Show

		Description	Climbers*	Photo*	Date
d02_111	d02_111	Low on the approach trail.	LC	GC	09/01/02
d02_113	d02_113	Temple Crag from the trail above Third Lake, the usual camping site. The buttress forming the left skyline is the "Moon Goddess." Sun Ribbon is the next arête to the right.	-	GC	"
d02_115	d02_115	The couloir and the lower arête. This picture is late in the season, so you should expect correspondingly more snow earlier. The approach goes up the ledge that diagonals up to the right from the couloir, past the big patch of white rock. The first pitch is up the steep corner.	-	GC	09/02/02
d02_116	d02_116	Approaching the ropeup spot on crumbly ledges.	LC	GC	"
d02_117	d02_117	The route begins in the dihedral behind the climber.	GC	LC	"
d02_118	d02_118	Leading the first pitch, one of the best.	GC	LC	"
d02_119	d02_119	Scrambling the 3rd and 4th class section between the first dihedral and the beginning of more serious climbing. Third Lake is to the left, Second Lake to the right.	LC	GC	"
d02_120	d02_120	After the scramble, there are several pitches of clean steep arête.	GC	LC	"
d02_121	d02_121	Looking down the lower arête to the first gendarme, around pitch 5.	LC	GC	"
d02_122	d02_122	Climbers on the adjacent "Moon Goddess Arête," also a superb climb.	?	GC	"
d02_124	d02_124	Around pitch 7.	LC	GC	"
d02_125	d02_125	A short traverse around a gendarme.	GC	LC	"
d02_126	d02_126	More fun arête climbing.	GC	LC	"
d02_127	d02_127	Attempting to lasso the short sharp horn on the other side of the gap to set up the tyrolean traverse. After 3 tries, I gave up.	GC	LC	"
d02_128	d02_128	Rappelling into the notch that the tyrolean was supposed to cross.	LC	GC	"
d02_129	d02_129	Leading a short pitch on the west side to regain the ridge after the rappel.	GC	LC	"
d02_130	d02_130	Looking back from the belay of pitch 8. This pitch begins a long section of almost horizontal ridge with many gendarme passages.	LC	GC	"
d02_131	d02_131	Looking up the ridge from pitch 8.	GC	LC	"
d02_132	d02_132	Another short rappel from a gendarme, pitch 9.	LC	GC	"
d02_133	d02_133	Following the 5.7 variation pitch 10. This bypasses the 5.9R pitch shown on most topos as the standard route.	LC	GC	"
d02_134	d02_134	Leading a dihedral high on the ridge.	GC	LC	"
d02_135	d02_135	Looking back down the ridge to First Lake and Second Lake.	LC	GC	"
d02_136	d02_136	An exciting gendarme traverse.	LC	GC	"
d02_137	d02_137	Toward the top the difficulty eases, but the route finding stays interesting.	LC	GC	"
d02_138	d02_138	A steep face to the west provided some challenging climbing in the final stages. Don't get too far from the arête in this upper section.	GC	LC	"
d02_139	d02_139	More excellent ridge climbing.	GC	LC	"
d02_140	d02_140	The final "pitch", which could be scrambled.	LC	GC	"
d02_142	d02_142	On the summit ridge.	GC	LC	"
d02_144	d02_144	On the true summit. The hike up there is a long one, but is worth it if you have the time. The main Palisade crest is partially hidden behind Mt. Gayley, 13,510'. The massive peak to the left is Mt. Sill, 14,162'.	LC	GC	"
d02_145	d02_145	The lower section of the descent to Contact Pass has some 3rd and 4th-class.	LC	GC	"
d02_146	d02_146	The rappel to Contact Pass.	LC	GC	"
d02_150	d02_150	A final shot of Temple Crag from Second Lake. An alternate approach to a camp goes up the left side of this lake.	LC	GC	"

*Climbers & Photographers: Gary Clark, Lynn Clark