Trip Report    

Basic Rock Climb - South Early Winter Spire/South Arête

Fantastic trip with a fantastic crew! We had perfect weather heading into this ~12 hour day. The parking lot had plenty of open spots on arrival around 6:30/7am and the trail leading to the start of the climb was generally empty. Caught sight of a few goats chillin and some green larch trees hiding in plain sight! We did cross paths with a few climbing groups on our ascent, most of which were coming down our intended path after ascending the other side of the mountain, but there was plenty of room to operate. Much of the ascent was scrambly between the actual climbing pitches. All in all - it was a very fun day. And an awesome way to wrap up my last required experience field trip for basic alpine climbing graduation :)

Rylan Caskey

September 22, 2025