"Three day ascent of Mount Cline’s SW ridge. We got to the bivy at midnight the first night. Summit day went smoothly, but it was tiring so we stayed an extra night. The first notch was mostly easy, but the second notch was more serious; an awkward rappel on ascent and a challenging climb with exposure on return." — yuri • Sep 2, 2023

"Two day solo trip to climb Mt. Cline. Drove in from Brooks Alberta on the Sunday morning and got to the trailhead at ~2:00pm. Hiked to the bivy site arriving at ~6:30pm. Saw one small black bear cub but no mother on the ridge of gravel that leads up the traverse below the cliffs before the waterfall. He was very close but disappeared in seconds behind the gravel. The climb and return to bivy took roughly 9 hours (~6:00am-3:00pm). A few snow fields on the north-west side of Mt. Owen were passed by climbing/traversing over them on annoying talus. They had a few feet of ice around their edges so crossing without crampons was not an option. Both notches are bolted on both sides which makes rapping into them easy and secure. I rapped into the first notch, scrambled up the other side and pulled my 40m rope with me. Then I coiled my rope only to discover that the second notch is only about 15 meters away. I rapped into the second notch, scrambled up the other side and then secured my rope to the bolts on the other side, leaving it on rappel for the return. Climbing out of the second notch on the return is the hardest part of the notches but it can be climbed relatively easily on the lef..." — MichaelDyck • Aug 22, 2022

"I had several big objectives this summer (Denali, Lyells + Forbes) and Cline. After the other trips were cancelled due to COVID, I am super happy to at least have salvaged one. We hiked in to the bivy spot on Saturday, and were surprised to have the place to ourselves! the weather was stormy (not in forecast), and were stoked to have clear skies at 4:45 am. We left camp at 5:40, and made decent time to the summit. The notches were dry, but there was a dusting of snow need the summit. The notches were easy to negotiate thanks to bolted anchors on both sides of both notches. Apart from the notches, this mountain is mostly a moderate scramble. Gear wise, you only need material for 1 anchor and personal gear for the notches (all 4 anchors are 2 bolts; second anchor has tat and 2 quicklinks; we didn't use 4 th anchor as we left the rope in place after rapping 2nd notch to have a toprope setup on the return)." — apfelstrudel • Aug 23, 2020

"Mt Cline - Aug 1st 2020. Cline is in season, no issues making the summit. Trail is very easy to follow and only fades out in the alpine where the route is obvious, the track on gaia is bang on. There's a snow patch before the lakes that looks intimidating but once you get to it you realize it's not very steep. There's also still some snow on the steep slope behind the lakes but can be avoided or walked up if the snow is soft. The glacier crossing was super easy on soft snow, I'd say that crampons/ mountaineering boots are overkill here, maybe some microspikes for your hiking boots, and a whippet "just in case" if you have one. Leave the ice axe and big boots at home. Both sides of both notches are bolted, a nice surprise. I highly recommend bringing your poles across the notches, the scree slog to the summit would be rough without em. It was at least 20 degrees at the summit! We stayed a night at the lakes, amazing spot, very glad we didn't decide to day trip it. Took us 3.5hrs to the lakes, another 4 to the summit at normal person steady pace. Bring bug spray." — jakefinnan • Aug 1, 2020

"Push from trailhead to Cline to Owen to bivy, 18km and 2400m gain - half with overnight packs. Notches were super fun, jumping the second notch on ascent was the highlight. Conditions were pretty great, snow is avoidable by ascending a few extra meters but we crossed the "glacier" without issue - a little sketchy on the way down after receiving sun all afternoon. The bivy spot is real nice besides the small critters getting into my food (it was suspended in mid-air, how did they do it!?)" — BobbyG • Aug 12, 2017

"CSMC trip with Gerri, Tyler, Stephan, and Daniel. Beautiful new area I hadn't been to before. Fun group of like-minded guys. Lots of forest fire smoke concealing the large number of peaks. North ridge of this route looks fun. And the Whitegoat Peaks to the north look intriguing." — alexjoseph • Sep 23, 2012

"Had a bit of precipitation on the hike in the day before. We made it to the bivy site in 3 h and 15 minutes. Way quicker pace than for Wooley and Diadem because i bought a 70m x 8mm half rope and cut it in 30m and 40m sections for alpine trips. That saved 7 lbs in comparison to a 70 single that we brought for previous trips. The pace as a result was much quicker. The round trip time for cline was 7.5 hours. The notches had snow in them so we lost about 30 minutes discussing how to tackle them and also clearing the snow to make better foot and hand ledges. " — dkmountainman • Sep 4, 2012