California Mountaineering Club Outing led by yours truly-
After ascending Banner Peak via SW slopes, we descended to key saddle. We climbed a steep snow field where we accessed start of North Face route. We had almost 1,000 vertical feet of class 3 climbing. The last 30 ft before the ridge was the crux of the route; I would describe it as “old school class 3”. We then followed the ridge to a ramp which crossed under the summit. Asaka dropped her backpack 200 ft down the north face. I descended the loose sketchy face and retrieved the backpack. We followed the ramp to a chockstone, which we avoided by climbing the rocks to climber’s left. After summitting we descended via “The Maki” route along the Southeast Glacier (this route is marked in Google Street View). 7/7 made the summit. We hiked out the next day.