Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Mt. Siyeh


Chris Gibish and I recently completed a new roue on the north face of Mt. Siyeh in Glacier National Park, USA. We climbed a route that topped out left of the summit. Here's some photos of Chris after a rather loose section, one of the N. Face from the approach and once on the summit. We didn't really name our route, it was more of an upward bail off our intended line which we decided we weren't equipped for physically or mentally.  We ended up heading straight up the fact to the obvious dark stripe at 2/3 height.  After giving it a go with some difficult aid climbing we traversed left on a ledge until easier ground led us to the top.  We also experienced a water container leak, which helped inspire our change in plans and lead to a very thirsty night on route. Fortunately there was a wonderful summit snow field that quenched us the next day. I'd call our route Grade V, 5.9+R 3000'....very chossy adventure climbing.






2009 Update: Kelly Cordes did a little write-up of Siyeh in the Alpinist, issue #27 (Summer 2009). Our roue is marked in the photo.