Routes : North America : United States : Wyoming : Western Wy. : Cirque of the Towers : Wolfs Head : East Ridge
East Ridge - 5.6 popular
Average Rating : 4.67 out of 5
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Route Summary | Ascent Notes (4)
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Description:
Gain the sidewalk ledge between Wolf's Head and Tiger Tower via a number of options (slabs below WH are reported to be 5.4-ish.) Weave your way through the towers of WH, and a bit of simul-climbing on easy 5.0 terrain brings you to the summit block. A complicated series of raps and walk offs takes you to the base. See the guidebook or summitpost.org for descent details.
Submitted by: reno on 2005-08-28
Views: 2880
Route ID: 69218
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4 Ascents Recorded
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Wolf's Head
A really fun route, kind of like a classic Sierra traverse but with more bugs. Approached via Tiger Tower, the gully is 3 pitches of 3rd-very easy 5th class climbing that allows one to remain dry when the ledge appoach is seeping. Once again, another bad rc.com route description - I'd update it but the user who takes 20 minutes to do so gets no credit...
Added: 2009-08-18
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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Tiger Tower
We opted to climb Tiger Tower/East Ridge in hopes of beating a few groupes that had started ahead of us to the side walk portion of Wolfs Head
Added: 2008-10-16
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Wolfs Head epic
Great route, makes for a long day in the mountains at an easy grade--exactly what I'm after, and this one is better than most routes! Spectacular knife-edge ridge.
I also had my closest call ever on the descent. We started in the dark (never a good idea), tried to drop back toward Cirque Lake WAY too early, and ended up rapping down a deep cleft above Cirque Lake. DO NOT DO THIS!
About 200 feet up in the dark about 1 a.m., I was unroped on a tiny ledge (big enough for half my right foot) with my left foot smeared out on a small dish, trying to pull a stuck rap rope. It came--but so did a heap of loose rock. I had nowhere to go, and a rock about the size of a basketball landed on my left thigh and came to rest there. HUGE bruise, limped back to camp (arrived at 6 a.m. or so) with my partner's help, and spent 10 days icing my leg with ice from a nearby snowfield.
On the bright side, the weather was crappy for those 10 days anyway, and afterwards my partner and I went on to climb Pingora before we had to leave. All in all, a great trip. But I'm much more cautious about descents, now.
I also had my closest call ever on the descent. We started in the dark (never a good idea), tried to drop back toward Cirque Lake WAY too early, and ended up rapping down a deep cleft above Cirque Lake. DO NOT DO THIS!
About 200 feet up in the dark about 1 a.m., I was unroped on a tiny ledge (big enough for half my right foot) with my left foot smeared out on a small dish, trying to pull a stuck rap rope. It came--but so did a heap of loose rock. I had nowhere to go, and a rock about the size of a basketball landed on my left thigh and came to rest there. HUGE bruise, limped back to camp (arrived at 6 a.m. or so) with my partner's help, and spent 10 days icing my leg with ice from a nearby snowfield.
On the bright side, the weather was crappy for those 10 days anyway, and afterwards my partner and I went on to climb Pingora before we had to leave. All in all, a great trip. But I'm much more cautious about descents, now.
Added: 2008-01-19
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Best rigde climb I've ever done.
Witnessed by: Sharpie
Added: 2005-08-14
Added: 2005-08-14
