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My first Griffith summit,
and the 1st anniversary
of my stroke in 2002.
Nick, Pierre and I
snowshoed up in
deep snow.
Track 0.
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Pierre near where
we completely lost
the SLT.
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The ridge to
summit
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Nick (L) and
Pierre. We dug
down to look for
register, but snow
as too deep.
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Charleston
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More and darker
hair.
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Back of Bridge Mt.
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Heading down
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We just followed
this gully much of
the way up and down.
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Nick decided to
go straight down
through the aspens
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Aug 09, 2022.
Echo Cliffs from
N. I will ascend
in back of R ridge.
Track A.
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View of Mummy
from top Echo Cliffs
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Charleston at L.
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Screw the sports bra.
It was humid, and I
was drenched.
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Griffith in back. Class 3+
to follow exact ridge,
but I think the entire
route can be class 2.
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The edge, view ~S
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The route passes the
ends of many SLT
switchbacks, before
finally gaining the ridge.
View of Griffirth to SE.
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Rain to SE. The top
had rain in a few
minutes, and I wore
a poncho for a bit.
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Yet Charleston is
still sunny
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Cliffs of Fletcher,
a recent "hike."
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Maia sighting!
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I took the old
SLT down; so
peaceful with
partial light.
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Mushrooms, a sign
of the humidity.
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June 06, 2022, I
started on the same
trail, but went farther
W to Mazie Canyon.
Track B.
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Though it had been
a very dry year to
that point, there
was a lot of water,
from melting snow.
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scarlet columbine
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At about 8800',
I'm looking over
Cathedral Rock (L)
to Mummy Toe.
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The canyon has
a lot of class 3-ish
small cliffs, that can
often be bypassed
by going on the
sides through
nasty brush.
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First snow, ~9100'.
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I'll show this same
canyon 2 rows down.
I started up, but kept
breaking through, so
I opted to go R (W),
which was a little
trickier than expected.
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Now I'm W of the
canyon. Note snow in
the class 3+ sections..
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I've reached the SLT
on ridge, am
headed to Griffith.
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The top had a group
of 14 from 52-peak
club.
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The cave, which I'll
discuss in Track D
section.
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Track C-- Mazie
Canyon on Nov 05,
2018, Paula comes
up.
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View up same canyon
as two rows above.
We just climbed up
and exited L over
a class 3+ or 4
section.
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Paula climbs out of
canyon on E side. This
climbout was blocked
by snow for 2022
ascent.
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June 05, 2019 (Track D).
Karla, Paula and I went
up the avalanche chute,
partly to introduce
Paula to crampon use.
I had been up this way
at least 2x before as a
prep for Sierra trips.
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Karla on middle of
chute, in one of the
less-sloped areas.
Lots of tree debris.
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Paula's view of us.
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A higher bowl,
Karla'sview of me.
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Karla on the saddle
W of Griffith. I
stopped to retie
my boots.
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Karla on top
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Paula's picture
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Me, Charleston in
distance.
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Karla dropping
down into avalanche
chute on descent
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Cave shown at the
end of Track C section.
Pic by Paula.
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Me in cave.
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Back to the dirt.
Karla then went
to work, Paula went
home to make dinner.
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June 26, 2018. I still
had the dAVF issue
and had terrible vertigo,
so I left the SLT, went
up avalanche gully, then
took a steeper E branch.
I found that using my hands
made the vertigo tolerable;
trail would have been awful.
Track E.
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My path is up to
the low point in
ridge. Steeper than
it looks.
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I really appreciated
being able to touch
rocks to deal
with the vertigo.
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Waterfalls on way.
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I climbed out on
the ledges at L
in back of me.
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Some snow left
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That's the E side of
Griffith ahead. I think
the blue junk was cached
by Friends of Nevada
Wilderness in 2013,
and was melted by the
2013 fire.
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Charleston from
summit.
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A nice couple
speaking French.
I didn't dare try to
speak in French, sure
I would screw up.
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Griffith as I'm
about to descend
old SLT.
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The route as seen to
SE from old
SLT.
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