This is another tick in my quest to climb the big, easy climbs of the Wasatch.
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First, click here to see what the slab looks like (I don’t have a good photo of my own).
I first saw this cliff last year when I hiked up to Lake Blanche with Christian, and it’s been on my to-do list since then. It’s a giant rock slab hanging off the side of a mountain. The climb was really fun. I started out climbing in my approach shoes but the rock was less featured than I thought it would be, so I changed into my climbing shoes on a ledge a couple hundred feet up. The climbing was interesting and consistent. From the top, I hiked up and to the left a few hundred feet so I could have a good look at the Lake Blanche/Sundial area. I descended via a gully to the west (to the right of the slab in the photo above).
Here are my times:
- 0:00 – Left the parking lot
- 0:30 – Started climbing (the approach wasn’t bad)
- 1:15 – Made it to the top of the slab
- 2:10 – Made it back to the trail
- 2:23 – Back at the car
Panorama view of the slab from the start.
The average angle of the slab.
Looking down from halfway up.
Looking down the slab from the top.
Looking over to Lake Blanche and Sundial.
Looking north to Mt. Olympus.
Incredible scenery.
View of the slab from the descent.