Distance

5.8 mi to summit

Elevation

9,100 ft start

Vertical

400 ft gain

Time

8 hr 0 min to summit

12 hr 0 min total

9/16/23: Tenmile Traverse summit #5. This is an enjoyable, though mostly uninspiring, ridge scramble on decent enough rock for the first two-thirds or so traverse. Then there’s an interesting down climb available before you get to the “Dragon”. Jackson and I scoped this final section of the ridge out for a while and then decided to try to go around the “neck” and then up, traversing along some ledges in the middle sections towards the three small pinnacles. After some very airy crab walks around noses and walls we gained the crest and found ourselves just about topped out AND cliffed out. Not knowing what was on the downside climb of the final obstacle and not even being very sure about a return back down from the top if necessary, we turned around and called the crux a day.

Route to summit

None

point-to-point/traverse
Obstacles

routefinding

Key gear

helmet