Opal Ridge (north summit)
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October 5, 2001
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Mountain height: 2,575 m (8,446 feet)
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Elevation gain: 870 m
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Round-trip time: 5:30
My first solo, moderate scramble.
I was a little nervous about doing a "moderate" rated scramble by myself - maybe that's why and got to the mountain so early I had to sit in the car for half an hour at the base of the mountain, waiting for the sun to rise. The mountain was initially quite steep and I was on all fours for much of it. It then leveled out and there was a nice hike to the base of the very steep and impenetrable-looking summit block. It wasn't half as hard as it looked, although I had a few routefinding problems and had to backtrack a short distance a couple of times. I was absolutely elated when I reached the summit - you would have thought I had just reached the top of
The southwest side of The Wedge from near the summit
The summit cairn
Looking west from the summit
Opal Ridge II (north summit)
- September 28, 2002
- Mountain height: 2,575 m (8,446 feet)
- Elevation gain: 870 + m
- Ascent time: 4:30
- Descent time: 2:40
Scrambling with Mark, Colin, Ashraf, Holland, and Keung.
My second trip up the north end of Opal Ridge. I was hoping to complete the traverse to the south summit, however, our ascent was a little slow, and there wasn?t enough daylight to reach the south end. Once at the north summit, we continued on to the second
Colin ascending steepish terrain near the beginning of the scramble.
Looking west at The Fortress
Stunning colours enroute to the summit
More signs of Autumn
Keung,
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