Griffith Sentiment (11059', NV)

Pics by Harlan W S
March 08, 2003-- Aug 08, 2022
The tracks on the map show trips from March 08, 2003 (0);
Aug 09, 2022 (A); June 06, 2022(B); Nov 05, 2018 (C)June 05, 2019 (D) and June 26, 2018 (E)

I've been up Griffith many more times and by more routes, but these were selected by unknown forces.

000map0 01a
My first Griffith summit,
and the 1st anniversary
of my stroke in 2002.
Nick, Pierre and I
snowshoed up in
deep snow.
Track 0.

01b
Pierre near where
we completely lost
the SLT.
02
The ridge to
summit
03 04
Nick (L) and
Pierre. We dug
down to look for
register, but snow
as too deep.
05
Charleston
06
More and darker
hair.
07
Back of Bridge Mt.
08
Heading down
09 10

11
We just followed
this gully much of
the way up and down.
12
Nick decided to
go straight down
through the aspens
a00
Aug 09, 2022.
Echo Cliffs from
N. I will ascend
in back of R ridge.
Track A.
a01
View of Mummy
from top Echo Cliffs

a02
Charleston at L.
a03
Screw the sports bra.
It was humid, and I
was drenched.
a04
Griffith in back. Class 3+
to follow exact ridge,
but I think the entire
route can be class 2.
a05
The edge, view ~S
a06
a07
The route passes the
ends of many SLT
switchbacks, before
finally gaining the ridge.
View of Griffirth to SE.
a09
Rain to SE. The top
had rain in a few
minutes, and I wore
a poncho for a bit.
a10
Yet Charleston is
still sunny
a11
Cliffs of Fletcher,
a recent "hike."
a15
Maia sighting!
a16
I took the old
SLT down; so
peaceful with
partial light.
a17
Mushrooms, a sign
of the humidity.
b01
June 06, 2022, I
started on the same
trail, but went farther
W to Mazie Canyon.
Track B.

b02
Though it had been
a very dry year to
that point, there
was a lot of water,
from melting snow.
b03
scarlet columbine
b04
At about 8800',
I'm looking over
Cathedral Rock (L)
to Mummy Toe.
b05
The canyon has
a lot of class 3-ish
small cliffs, that can
often be bypassed
by going on the
sides through
nasty brush.
b06
First snow, ~9100'.
b07
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.
b08
Now I'm  W of the
canyon. Note snow in
the class 3+ sections..
b09
I've reached the SLT
on ridge, am
headed to Griffith.
b10
The top had a group
of 14 from 52-peak
club.
b11
The cave, which I'll
discuss in Track D
section.
c01
Track C-- Mazie
Canyon on Nov 05,
2018, Paula comes
up.

c02
View up same canyon
as  two rows above.
We just climbed up
and exited L over
a class 3+ or 4
section.
c03
Paula climbs out of
canyon on E side. This
climbout was blocked
by snow for 2022
ascent.
d00
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.
d01
Karla on middle of
chute, in one of the
less-sloped areas.
Lots of tree debris.
d02
Paula's view of us.
d04
A higher bowl,
Karla'sview of me.
d05 d06
Karla on the saddle
W of Griffith. I
stopped to retie
my boots.
d08
Karla on top
d09 d10
d11
Paula's picture
d11a
Me, Charleston in
distance.
d12
Karla dropping
down into avalanche
chute on descent
d14
Cave shown at the
end of Track C section.
Pic by Paula.
d15
Me in cave.
d16
Back to the dirt.
Karla then went
to work, Paula went
home to make dinner.
e00
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.

e01
My path is up to
the low point in
ridge. Steeper than
it looks.
e02
I really appreciated
being able to touch
rocks to deal
with the vertigo.
e03
Waterfalls on way.
e04 e05
I climbed out on
the ledges at L
in back of me.
e06
Some snow left
e07 e08
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.

e09
Charleston from
summit.
e10
A nice couple
speaking French.
I didn't dare try to
speak in French, sure
I would screw up.
e11
Griffith as I'm
about to descend
old SLT.
e12
The route as seen to
SE from old
SLT.