"A missed junction on the Halo Ridge route added more mileage and time than desired. My body cramped up afterward, likely due to a lack of water as fluids resolved the problem." — xnatedawgx • Aug 31, 2024

"8/3/24: From the Mayflower Hill saddle, Jackson and I could plainly see the extended crux of the main problem of the West Ridge-Direct route up Pacific. However, it gave no real indication of the “how” to the “what”. We progressed up the talus and boulder field to around 12,600 as potential options came into clearer focus. The “main problem” of the West Ridge-Direct is an imposing double-stacked dihedral (hereto known as the DoubleStack) with no obvious route without protection. If you don’t know what a dihedral is, then this is probably not the route for you. This large and obstructing feature can be bypassed to climber’s right, up approximately 250’ of rotten talus and sliding scree, and rejoins the ridge proper for continued and sustained Class 3 scrambling to the summit. Knowing (and being able to see) mostly what the right-side options held, we decided it best to recon the left-side for other possible options if we were to cliff-out further up or needed a bail-out exit. Looking straight up to the DoubleStack, there is a large bi-color painted boulder just below and climber’s left. We scampered (C2+) in front of and around to the left of this painted rock and found no clea..." — LoneWolf • Aug 3, 2024

"8/3/24: From Pacific Tarn we regained the ridge at the saddle and made our way up the north ridge, on and off a faint social trail, sometime veering on the leeward side as a storm was threatening and then half way up got hit by some graupel until we made the summit. Fierce winds and lightning south of us chased us off the summit and hastened our long descent down Atlantic’s rocky west ridge. Even though the views were amazing and constant down Mayflower Gulch, back up to the Mayflower Power Towers, and over to Pacific, this turned into a slow downward slog pretty quick as we negotiated persistent talus and Jackson started to hit the wall. Only one major stumble and we finally made it off the ridge and back down into the Pacific drainage. We were rewarded with a veritable Garden of Eden of chest high wildflowers that choked the rocky falls and rushing creek. Here we easily picked up the trail that led us back into Mayflower Gulch and across the wet and muddy willow thicket to the Jeep road and back to the Taco. That concluded perhaps the most unique, intimidating, and rewarding day in the mountains for either of us. Total: (8.1/3700)" — LoneWolf • Aug 3, 2024

"After 3 trips counter clockwise finally took Halo Ridge clockwise to the summit. Lots of alpine flowers in bloom. Stream crossing at East Cross Creek moderately high but not terrible." — cheeseishappiness • Jul 4, 2024

"Finally bagged Crystal after 2 previous attempts. Repeated Pacific and Atlantic for fun. Surprisingly Atlantic's west ridge was holding snow real well and posed the most dangerous part of the day: https://youtu.be/bDvOmzd3J5Q River running high. Crossed at the dam near the trailhead so I can't speak for the gulch crossing but it's probably pretty wet. Avoided willow bashing on the way up Mayflower Hill but managed to hit every one on the way down." — cheeseishappiness • Jun 16, 2024