"9/9/23: Final Tenmile Traverse tune-up with Paul and Jackson. We set up a shuttle at Herman Gulch and then egressed from Dry Gulch. Having come down Dry Gulch from Hagar weeks earlier I felt pretty good about the approach route but while sticking to the steep climbers trail as long as possible to tree line, we soon found ourselves negotiating some talus and cliffy boulder fields. Jackson stayed high and gained the ridge while Paul and I lost a bit of elevation to meet up with the basin flats and then the east saddle. Straightforward ridge climb (C2) to the summit blocks. Rounding the main headwall towards the left, I decided to try for the second gully which looked tame enough. You can choose from moderate to harder to get up. I picked a line (C3+) that eventually prompted a short very exposed lateral move to get back in the main channel and avoid a couple C4+ significantly exposed moves. The East Summit was cake from there. That was clearly the crux and shorter and less committing than expected. The West Summit appeared to have multiple route options, mostly variations of the C3 one we took up to the pinnacles. The return trip was fairly quick sticking mostly to the climbers trail..." — LoneWolf • Sep 9, 2023