Vertical-Life
Bugaboos
23
ASCENTS
78 %
OS RATE
16
ROUTES IN DB
23
ASCENTS
78 %
OS RATE
16
ROUTES IN DB
| Name | Style | Route | Comment | Properties | Date | |
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| Beckey-Chouinard (6b) | A superlative alpine line |
2 Aug 2023
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| A superlative alpine line | ||||||
| Lichen or Not (6b) |
31 Jul 2023
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| McTech Arete (6a+) | McTeched to avoid the McDeck. |
28 Jul 2023
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| McTeched to avoid the McDeck. | ||||||
| Chocolate Fudge Brownie (7b) | A bit too much wide climbing and groveling for my liking, a heck of a journey up the middle Howser. Feels like the Torre Egger of the Bugaboos. |
21 Jul 2023
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| A bit too much wide climbing and groveling for my liking, a heck of a journey up the middle Howser. Feels like the Torre Egger of the Bugaboos. | ||||||
| Reinhold Pussycat (7b+) | We climbed this because our friends put it up, and I'm glad we did, but the climbing felt so-so. Especially questing up to the top of the South Howser, which was terrible. But the crux moves were probably the hardest things we did in the Bugs, so that's something... |
20 Jul 2023
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| We climbed this because our friends put it up, and I'm glad we did, but the climbing felt so-so. Especially questing up to the top of the South Howser, which was terrible. But the crux moves were probably the hardest things we did in the Bugs, so that's something... | ||||||
| Paddle Flake (6a+) |
9 Aug 2022
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| McTech Direct (6a+) | Perhaps the most continuously high quality rock on any alpine route I’ve done. Five stars for sure. |
31 Jul 2022
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| Perhaps the most continuously high quality rock on any alpine route I’ve done. Five stars for sure. | ||||||
| Surfs Up (5c) | Went left at the third pitch which led to some 5.10 choss/lichen and a decently scary traverse to get back on route. After the ledge the climb is $$$$$ |
31 Jul 2022
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| Went left at the third pitch which led to some 5.10 choss/lichen and a decently scary traverse to get back on route. After the ledge the climb is $$$$$ | ||||||
| Sunshine Crack (6c) |
3 Aug 2019
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| energy crisis (6c) |
2 Aug 2019
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| energy crisis (6c) |
7 Aug 2017
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| Sunshine Crack (6c) |
6 Aug 2017
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| Reinhold Pussycat (7b+) | Bruce Miller and I finally freed this route on the west face of the South Howser Tower Minaret. We put it up in 2007 at 5.11 A2 and freed it this season. 13 pitches (with two 12cs) to the top of the Minaret plus another 7 to the top of South Howser Tower. |
26 Aug 2015
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| Bruce Miller and I finally freed this route on the west face of the South Howser Tower Minaret. We put it up in 2007 at 5.11 A2 and freed it this season. 13 pitches (with two 12cs) to the top of the Minaret plus another 7 to the top of South Howser Tower. | ||||||
| McTech Arete (6a+) |
28 Jun 2015
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| Crescent Spire (3a) |
7 Sep 2012
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| Power of Lard (7c) | Perfect day. |
13 Aug 2012
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| Perfect day. | ||||||
| Lentils or TVP, eh? (6a) | Nice climbing with cool exposure. Could clean up very nicely. |
12 Aug 2012
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| Nice climbing with cool exposure. Could clean up very nicely. | ||||||
| Beckey Chouinard (6a) | 2000 foot tower. |
10 Aug 2012
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| 2000 foot tower. | ||||||
| Paddle Flake (6a+) | 6 pitches. |
8 Aug 2012
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| 6 pitches. | ||||||
| The Tower Arete (7a+) | Amazing day on the mountain Theresa and Craig. A sustained and beautiful climb on the most underrated formation in the Bugs (the W. Face of the N. Summit of Snowpatch that is) 2x 5.9+, 4x 5.11, 1x 5.12. established a sick 5.11 variation to pitch 7. |
20 Jul 2011
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| Amazing day on the mountain Theresa and Craig. A sustained and beautiful climb on the most underrated formation in the Bugs (the W. Face of the N. Summit of Snowpatch that is) 2x 5.9+, 4x 5.11, 1x 5.12. established a sick 5.11 variation to pitch 7. |