Mount Tyndall

7/3/04

After spending the night at Anvil Camp I packed up and headed for Shepherd Pass.  Once at Shepherd Pass I located a camp site, set up my tent, and then headed for Mount Tyndall.

I started up the aweful taylus on the NW slope but then switched to the crest of the NW ridge where I encountered pleasant class 3 climbing.  Eventually I was forced to pass over increasingly difficult gendarmes.  When difficulty began exceeding class 4 I dropped to one side of the ridge and then proceeded up to the junction with the West ridge.  From there I decended to the right (West) below a gendarme and then contoured around and on up to the summit.

On the descent I opted for the North Rib.  The North Rib was mostly good rock and made for a relatively easy descent.

Camera: Canon S60

Log

07:28am - Left Anvil Camp
09:44am - Reached Shepherd Pass
10:45am - Left camp at Shepherd Pass
11:20am - Started up the crest of the NW ridge
12:52pm - Reached the West Ridge
01:29pm - Reached the summit of Mount Tyndall
01:50pm - Left summit
03:46pm - Returned to camp at Shepherd Pass

Stats

Time from Shepherd Pass to Mount Tyndall: 2 hrs 44 mins
Time on summit: 21 mins
Time from Mount Tyndall back to Shepherd Pass: 1 hr 56 mins
Total Time from Shepherd Pass to Mount Tyndall and back: 5 hrs 1 min